Genesis 31:50
in Genesis 31If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
KJV
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
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This verse in Genesis 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verseNo man is with us - Though all were present at the sacrifice offered, yet it appears that in making the contract Jacob and Laban withdrew, and transacted the business in private, calling on God to witness it. Jacob had already four wives; but Laban feared that he might take others, whose children would naturally come in for a share of the inheritance to the prejudice of his daughters and grandchildren.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
If thou shall afflict my daughters,.... In body or mind, by giving them hard blows, or ill words, and by withholding from them the necessaries of life, food and raiment, and the like: or if thou shall take other wives besides my daughters; which also would be an affliction and vexation to them, see Lev 18:
Though Laban had afflicted them himself, yet he will bind Jacob that he shall not afflict them. Note, Those that are injurious themselves are commonly most jealous of others, and those that do not do their own duty are most peremptory in demanding duty from others.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| תְּעַנֶּ֣ה | teaneh | you will mistreat | H6031 → | 82 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֹתַ֗י | benotai | daughters my | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| תִּקַּ֤ח | tikach | you will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| נָשִׁים֙ | nashim | wives | H802 → | 781 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בְּנֹתַ֔י | benotai | daughters my | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אֵ֥ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | [is] anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| עִמָּ֑נוּ | ʾimanu | with us | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| רְאֵ֕ה | reeh | see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֥ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עֵ֖ד | ʾed | [is] a witness | H5707 → | 70 times |
| בֵּינִ֥י | beini | between me | H996 → | 407 times |
| וּבֵינֶֽךָ׃ | uveinekha | and between you | H996 → | 407 times |
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
תְּעַנֶּ֣הyou will mistreat
teanehH6031 →82 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֹתַ֗יdaughters my
benotaiH1323 →588 times
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
תִּקַּ֤חyou will take
tikachH3947 →966 times
נָשִׁים֙wives
nashimH802 →781 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
בְּנֹתַ֔יdaughters my
benotaiH1323 →588 times
אֵ֥יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
אִ֖ישׁ[is] anyone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
עִמָּ֑נוּwith us
ʾimanuH5973 →1050 times
רְאֵ֕הsee
reehH7200 →1300 times
אֱלֹהִ֥יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
עֵ֖ד[is] a witness
ʾedH5707 →70 times
בֵּינִ֥יbetween me
beiniH996 →407 times
וּבֵינֶֽךָ׃and between you
uveinekhaH996 →407 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He…
it leads to
- Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
- Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Malachi 3:5
Through
Judges 11:10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 42:5
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
- Jeremiah 42:5
Through
Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Isaiah 1:2
Through
Jeremiah 42:5Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
it leads to
- Judges 11:10
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
- Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your…
- Judges 11:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.