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Selected Verse: Genesis 31:18 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 31:18 Strong Concordance And he carried away [05090] all his cattle [04735], and all his goods [07399] which he had gotten [07408], the cattle [04735] of his getting [07075], which he had gotten [07408] in Padanaram [06307], for to go [0935] to Isaac [03327] his father [01] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
he carried the cattle of his getting--that is, his own and nothing more. He did not indemnify himself for his many losses by carrying off any thing of Laban's, but was content with what Providence had given him. Some may think that due notice should have been given; but when a man feels himself in danger--the law of self-preservation prescribes the duty of immediate flight, if it can be done consistently with conscience.
 
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