9So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.


In Context

6 You know that I've worked for your father with all my strength,

7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

8 If he said, 'The speckled ones will be your wages,' then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, 'The streaked ones will be your wages,' then all the flocks bore streaked young.

9 So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.

10 "In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.

11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob.' I answered, 'Here I am.'

Genesis 31:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:9And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:9And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:9Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:9and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:9Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.