Genesis 31:16

16 darum hat Gott unserm Vater entwandt seinen Reichtum zu uns und unsern Kindern. Alles nun, was Gott dir gesagt hat, das tue.

Genesis 31:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:16

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father
And given to Jacob for his labour: that [is] ours, and our children's;
it belonged to us by the law of nature, before it came into thine hands; and our right unto it is still more manifest, and is confirmed by the service thou hast done for it, by which means it came into thy possession; and therefore it is no point of conscience with us, nor need it be any with thee especially, to go off with it: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do;
for that must needs be right: this was well spoken indeed; they mean, that he should leave their father's house, and go into the land of Canaan, as God had directed him; and they signified that they were willing: to go along with him.

Genesis 31:16 In-Context

14 Da antworteten Rahel und Lea und sprachen zu ihm: Wir haben doch kein Teil noch Erbe mehr in unsers Vaters Hause.

15 Hat er uns doch gehalten wie die Fremden; denn er hat uns verkauft und unsern Lohn verzehrt; {~}

16 darum hat Gott unserm Vater entwandt seinen Reichtum zu uns und unsern Kindern. Alles nun, was Gott dir gesagt hat, das tue.

17 Also machte sich Jakob auf und lud seine Kinder und Weiber auf Kamele

18 und führte weg all sein Vieh und alle seine Habe, die er zu Mesopotamien erworben hatte, daß er käme zu Isaak, seinem Vater, ins Land Kanaan. {~} {~} {~}