Genesis 31:24 “But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him…”

Genesis 31:24

But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

World English Bible

God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”

American Standard Version

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Geneva Bible 1599

And God came to Laban the Aramite in a dreame by night, and sayde vnto him, Take heede that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.

Darby Translation

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Young's Literal Translation

And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'

Bible in Basic English

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

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Cross references

“the Syrian”

Genesis 28:5 Deuteronomy 26:5 Hosea 12:12

Genesis 28:5 · BSB

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Deuteronomy 26:5 · BSB

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Hosea 12:12 · BSB

Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.

“dream”

Genesis 31:29 Genesis 20:3 Matthew 27:19 Genesis 31:10 Genesis 40:5 Genesis 41:1

Genesis 31:29 · BSB

I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

Genesis 20:3 · BSB

One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Matthew 27:19 · BSB

While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

Genesis 31:10 · BSB

When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

Genesis 40:5 · BSB

both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

Genesis 41:1 · BSB

After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

“Take heed”

Genesis 24:50 Genesis 31:42 Numbers 24:13 2 Samuel 13:22 Isaiah 37:29 Psalm 105:14

Genesis 24:50 · BSB

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

Genesis 31:42 · BSB

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He…

Numbers 24:13 · BSB

that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I must speak whatever the LORD says.

2 Samuel 13:22 · BSB

And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

Isaiah 37:29 · BSB

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

Psalm 105:14 · BSB

He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

25Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.

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