Genesis 31:31
Good News Translation
Jacob answered, "I was afraid, because I thought that you might take your daughters away from me.

New Revised Standard Version
Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob answered, "I left secretly because I was afraid you would take your daughters from me by force.

New American Bible
Jacob replied to Laban, “I was frightened at the thought that you might take your daughters away from me by force.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.

Because.

Genesis 31:26,27 And he said to Jacob: Why hast thou done thus, to carry away, without my knowledge, my daughters as captives taken with the sword? . . .

Genesis 20:11 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Proverbs 29:25 He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

Context
Laban Pursues Jacob
30Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods? 31Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.32But, whereas, thou chargest me with theft: with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols.…
Cross References
Genesis 31:30
Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods?

Genesis 31:32
But, whereas, thou chargest me with theft: with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols.

Genesis 31:30
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