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Genesis 31

Genesis 31 ( Genesis • Chapter 31 (55 verses)): 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. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban , and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the Lord said unto Jacob... Mentions: Laban, Jacob/Israel, Leah , Isaac , Canaan , Paddan , Gilead , Galeed . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Abrahamic Covenant & the Patriarchs—Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Lamech (Generation 9 • Messianic Line • Child of Methuselah ): Lamech is a biblical figure in Generation 9 of the Messianic Line , child of Methuselah , parent of Noah . ( Genesis 5:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 , Genesis 5:31 ) (mentioned in Genesis 4 , Genesis 5 , 1 Chronicles 1 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ur III Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet — Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ). Ziggurat of Ur — Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 31:47 : "And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed ."; Genesis 31:45 : "And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar."; Genesis 31:6 : "And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 31 ( Genesis • Chapter 31 (55 verses)), Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters), 1 Samuel 31 ( 1 Samuel • Chapter 31 (13 verses)).

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Genesis 31
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Genesis • Chapter 31 (55 verses)

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. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban , and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the Lord said unto Jacob... Mentions: Laban, Jacob/Israel, Leah , Isaac , Canaan , Paddan , Gilead , Galeed .

Genesis
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Old Testament • 50 Chapters

Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

Genesis 11:31
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Genesis Chapter 11, Verse 31

Scripture passage in Genesis 11:31

אַחֲרִית
aharit (ʾaḥărît) [akh-ar-EETH]
H319 Hebrew noun feminine 61x
latter end, future, culmination

Latter end, future, final destiny; especially in prophetic phrase acharit ha-yamim ('the latter days / end of days', Genesis 49:1, Isaiah 2:2) marking Messianic era.

Derivation: From אַחַר (H310) after.
יָחִיד
yahid (yāḥîḏ) [yaw-KHEED]
H3173 Hebrew adjective 12x
only one, solitary, precious only-begotten

Only one, uniquely precious, only-begotten; applied to Isaac ('take your son, your only son Isaac', Genesis 22:2) and prophetic mourning over an only son (Zechariah 12:10).

Derivation: From יָחַד (H3161) to unite.
Lamech
82% Messianic Line
Generation 9 • Messianic Line • Child of Methuselah

Lamech is a biblical figure in Generation 9 of the Messianic Line , child of Methuselah , parent of Noah . ( Genesis 5:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 , Genesis 5:31 )

Michelangelo — The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)
IMAGE • artwork

Iconic high Renaissance fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel illustrating God breathing life into Adam ( Genesis 2:7 ).

Michelangelo Buonarroti • Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — The Deluge (The Great Flood)
IMAGE • artwork

Dramatic engraving portraying desperate families and a mother shielding her child on a rock as floodwaters engulf the earth ( Genesis 7 ).

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Historic audio transmission from Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading Genesis 1 from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve 1968.

NASA Astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman • NASA / National Archives Public Domain
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional Tiberian cantillation (te'amim) chanting of the Masoretic Text of Genesis 13 -14 in Biblical Hebrew.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional liturgical cantillation of Genesis 14:18-24 recounting Melchizedek king of Salem blessing Abram with bread and wine.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Cantillation chanting of Genesis 15 recording God's unilateral covenant with Abram and the promise of heirs like the stars.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 1 –11 exploring creation, the human rebellion in Eden , the spread of sin through Cain and the Flood , and God's scattering of humanity at Babylon .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 12 –50 following God's covenant with Abraham , the trials of Isaac and Jacob , and Joseph 's descent into Egypt showing God working good through human failure.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
γένεσις
genesis (génesis) [ghen'-es-is]
G1078 Greek noun feminine 5x
origin, lineage, birth

Primary meaning: origin, lineage, birth. Strong's: nativity; figuratively, nature. Lexical nuances: origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ. , the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Ja 3:6 .†

Derivation: from the same as G1074 (γενεά);
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31

Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob .

Ziggurat of Ur
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Interactive 3D Mesopotamian Ziggurat • Genesis 11:1–9 & 11:31

Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .

1 Samuel 31
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1 Samuel • Chapter 31 (13 verses)

Now the Philistines fought against Israel : and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa . And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan , and Abinadab , and Malchi–shua, Saul 's sons. An... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Saul, Jonathan , Abinadab , Gilboa , Jordan , Jabesh .

2 Chronicles 31
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 31 (21 verses)

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah , and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin , in Ephraim also and Manasseh , until they had utterly... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah, Benjamin , Ephraim , Manasseh , Jerusalem , Eden , Jeshua .

Deuteronomy 31
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 31 (30 verses)

And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel . And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan . The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Levi , Nun (or Non ), Jordan .

Exodus 31
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Exodus • Chapter 31 (18 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, Mentions: Moses , Judah , Dan , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Sinai .

Ezekiel 31
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Ezekiel • Chapter 31 (18 verses)

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt , and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar i... Mentions: Egypt , Lebanon , Eden .

Genesis 1
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Genesis • Chapter 1 (31 verses)

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 2
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Genesis • Chapter 2 (25 verses)

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had... Mentions: Adam , Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria .

Genesis 3
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Genesis • Chapter 3 (24 verses)

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of t... Mentions: Adam , Eden .

Genesis 4
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Genesis • Chapter 4 (26 verses)

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain , and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel . And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fr... Mentions: Adam , Cain, Abel, Enoch , Irad , Nod , Eden , Tubal .

Genesis 5
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Genesis • Chapter 5 (32 verses)

This is the book of the generations of Adam . In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam , in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and bega... Mentions: Adam, Seth , Jared , Enoch , Methuselah , Ham 2 .

Genesis 6
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Genesis • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive w... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Ham 2 .

Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

The crimson thread of the Biblical Genealogy traces 75 generations from Adam through Seth , Noah , Shem , Abraham , Isaac , Jacob , Judah , Perez , Boaz , David , Solomon , Nathan , Zerubbabel , Joseph , and Mary to Yeshua the Messiah .

Genesis 7
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Genesis • Chapter 7 (24 verses)

And the Lord said unto Noah , Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. O... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Ham 2 .

Genesis 8
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Genesis • Chapter 8 (22 verses)

And God remembered Noah , and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; A... Mentions: Noah , Ararat .

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 31:47 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed .

Genesis 31:45 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Genesis 31:6 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

Genesis 31:17 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

Genesis 31:22 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

Genesis 31:31 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

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 31:4 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

Genesis 31:9 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Genesis 31:2 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban , and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

Genesis 31:19 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

Genesis 31:20 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

Genesis 31:11 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob : And I said, Here am I.

Genesis 31:15 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

Genesis 31:49 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Mizpah ; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Genesis 31:7 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Genesis 31:28 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

Genesis 31:51 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Laban said to Jacob , Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

Genesis 31:23 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead .

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

Genesis 31:40 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Genesis 31:48 (KJV)
Genesis 31 KJV

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed ;

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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