Bible verse
and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 31.
1 Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
2 And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
4 So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
5 and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
8 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
KJV
And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
ASV
and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
ERV
and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
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