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And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And Jacob Jacob Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹ֖ב ya·'a·kov
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answered testify Verb H6030 וַיַּ֥עַן vai·ya·'an
to Laban Laban Noun H3837 לְלָבָ֑ן le·la·van;
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Because inasmuch Conjunction H3588 כִּ֣י ki
Because I was afraid affright Verb H3372 יָרֵ֔אתִי ya·re·ti,
and said answer Verb H559 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai·yo·mer
thou wouldest take by force catch Verb H1497 תִּגְזֹ֥ל tig·zol
thy daughters apple Noun H1323 בְּנֹותֶ֖יךָ be·no·v·tei·cha

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Laban

Laban [N] [H] [S] Father-in-law of Jacob The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac's wife ( Genesis 24 ). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, fled to the house of Laban, whose daughters Leah and Rachel (ch. 29) he eventually married. (See JACOB .)    A city in the Arabian desert in the route of th... View Details

Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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King James Bible And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
Hebrew Greek English And Then Jacob answered and said replied to Laban, Because "Because I was afraid: afraid, for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest thought that you would take by force thy your daughters from me.me by force.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And Then Jacob answered and said replied to Laban, Because "Because I was afraid: afraid, for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest thought that you would take by force thy your daughters from me.me by force.