Genesis 31:16

16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

Genesis 31:16 in Other Translations

16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

16 All the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do. ”

16 All the wealth God has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children. So go ahead and do whatever God has told you.”

16 Any wealth that God has seen fit to return to us from our father is justly ours and our children's. Go ahead. Do what God told you."

16 For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

16 Certainly, all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. Now do whatever God has told you."

16 In fact, all the wealth that God has taken from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has said to you."

16 All of the wealth God took away from our father really belongs to us and our children. So do what God has told you to do."

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 Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?

15 Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.

16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,

18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 30:42