INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

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Genesis Chapter 31: JACOB LEAVES, LABAN PURSUES

(Genesis 31:1)
And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. (Genesis 31:2)
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. (Genesis 31:3)
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. (Genesis 12:1-2)
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: (Genesis 31:4)
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

(Genesis 31:5)
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. (Psalms 56:4)
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

(Psalms 118:6)
The LORD ison my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

(Hebrews 13:5-6)
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

(Deuteronomy 31:6)
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

(Isaiah 54:17)
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

(Genesis 31:6)
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. (Colossians 3:22-23)
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

(Genesis 30:27)
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

(Genesis 31:7)
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. LATER: (Genesis 31:42)
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

(Genesis 31:8)
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. (Genesis 31:9)
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. (Genesis 31:10-11)
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. (Joel 2:28)
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

(Acts 2:17)
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

(Revelation 22:18)
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

(1 Corinthians 13:8)
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

(Genesis 31:12)
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. (Genesis 13:14)
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

(Genesis 31:13)
I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. (Genesis 28:20-22)
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-9)
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

(Genesis 31:14-15)
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. (Genesis 31:16)
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. (Genesis 31:17-18)
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. (Genesis 31:19)
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. (Genesis 31:20)
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. (Genesis 31:21)
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. (Genesis 31:22)
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. (Genesis 31:23)
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. (Genesis 31:24)
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. (Genesis 31:25)
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. (Genesis 31:26)
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? (Genesis 2:24)
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

CLEAVE, v.i.
  1. To stick; to adhere; to hold to.
    My bones cleave to my skin. Psa 102.
    Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Psa 137.
    Cleave to that which is good. Rom 12.
  2. To unite aptly; to fit; to sit well on.
  3. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
    A man shall leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife. Gen 2. Math. 19.
    Cleave to Jehovah your God. Josh 23.
CLEAVE, v.t.
  1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to open or serve the cohering parts of a body, by cutting or by the application of force; as,
    to cleave wood; to cleave a rock; to cleave the flood. Psalm 74.
  2. To part or open naturally.
    Every beast that cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deu 14.
    3. CLEAVE, v.i.
    1. To part; to open; to crack; to separate, as parts of cohering bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
      The mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof. Zec 14.

    (Genesis 31:27)
    Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?     (Genesis 31:28)
    And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

    (Genesis 31:29)
    It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.     (Genesis 31:30)
    And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?     (Genesis 31:31)
    And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.     (Genesis 31:32)
    With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.     (Genesis 31:33)
    And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.     (Genesis 31:34)
    Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found themnot.     (Genesis 31:35)
    And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.     (Genesis 31:36)
    And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?     (Genesis 31:37)
    Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.     (Genesis 31:38)
    This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.     (Genesis 31:39)
    That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.     (Genesis 31:40)
    Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.     (Genesis 31:41)
    Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.     (Genesis 31:42)
    Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

    (2 Corinthians 7:2)
    Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

    (1 Corinthians 6:7)
    Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

    (Genesis 31:43)
    And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?     (Genesis 31:44)
    Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.     (Genesis 31:45)
    And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.     (Exodus 20:25)
    And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

    (Genesis 31:46)
    And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.     (Genesis 31:47)
    And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.     (Genesis 31:48-49)
    And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.     (Genesis 31:50)
    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.     (Genesis 31:51)
    And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;     EARLIER: (Genesis 31:46)
    And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

    (Genesis 31:52)
    This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
    • We can pass over, but not for harm?
    • Jacob knows for sure that, unless God calls him, he will not be "passing over" this heap for any reason. He wants nothing to do with Laban
    (Genesis 31:53)
    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
    • The God of "their" father......this is the reason for the other god.
    • Laban does not know the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And this after twenty years
    (Genesis 31:54)
    Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
    • Jacob offered sacrifice. Laban watched and sulked over his gods and ate and slept
    (Genesis 31:55)
    And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
    • Laban watched and sulked over his gods and ate and slept... and then left
    • Laban is never heard from again, except perhaps in a reference to his name on the land

    (Deuteronomy 1:1)
    These bethe words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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