Genesis 31:36

Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

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WEBBE

Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

BSB

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

KJV

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?

ASV

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 hotly pursued after me?

BBE

Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

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וַיִּחַר vai·yi·char and it burned H2734 לְיַעֲקֹב le·ya·'a·ko to Jacob H3290 וַיָּרֶב vai·ya·rev and he quarreled H7378 בְּלָבָן be·la·van with Laban H3837 וַיַּעַן vai·ya·'an and he answered H6030 יַעֲקֹב ya·'a·ko Jacob H3290 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 לְלָבָן le·la·van to Laban H3837 מַה־ mah- what H4100 פִּשְׁעִי pish·'i [is] transgression my H6588 מַה mah what H4100 חַטָּאתִי cha·ta·ti [is] sin my H2403 כִּי ki that H3588 דָלַקְתָּ da·lak·ta you have hotly pursued H1814 אַחֲרָי 'a·cha·rai after me H310

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 36–42

If Jacob were willingly consumed with heat in the day, and frost by night, to become the son-in-law of Laban, what should we refuse to endure, to become the sons of God? Jacob speaks of God as the God of his father; he thought himself unworthy to be regarded, but was beloved for his father's sake. He calls him the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac; for Abraham was dead, and gone to that world where perfect love casts out fear; but Isaac was yet alive, sanctifying the Lord in his heart, as his fear and his dread.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.