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16 But God took away the riches of our father, and gave those to us, and to our sons; wherefore do thou all things which God hath commanded to thee.

17 Forsooth Jacob rose, and put his free children and wives on camels, and went forth; (So Jacob rose up, and put his children and his wives on camels, and went forth;)

18 and he took all his cattle, (and his) flocks, and whatever thing he had gotten in Mesopotamia (and whatever he had gotten in Paddan-aram), and went (back) to Isaac, his father, into the land of Canaan.

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

17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(B) on camels,(C) 18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated(D) in Paddan Aram,[a](E) to go to his father Isaac(F) in the land of Canaan.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia