Parallel GEN 31:31

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BSB § “I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

OEB Jacob answered Laban, ‘I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

WEB Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’

NET “I left secretly because I was afraid!” Jacob replied to Laban. “I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.

LSV And Jacob answers and says to Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest you violently take away your daughters from me;

FBV “I ran away because I was afraid,” Jacob explained to Laban. “I was worried that you would take your daughters from me by force.

T4T Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that if I told you, you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.

LEB Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought, ‘Lest you take your daughters from me by force.’

BBE And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

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JPS And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

ASV And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

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

YLT And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, 'Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;

DBY And Jacob answered and said to Laban, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

RV And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

WBS And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, It may be thou wouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

KJB And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
  (And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou/you wouldest take by force thy/your daughters from me. )

BB Iacob aunswered and sayde to Laban: because I was afrayde, & thought that peraduenture thou wouldest take away thy daughters from me.
  (Yacob answered and said to Laban: because I was afraid, and thought that peraduenture thou/you wouldest take away thy/your daughters from me.)

GNV Then Iaakob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, and thought that thou wouldest haue taken thy daughters from me.
  (Then Yacob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, and thought that thou/you wouldest have taken thy/your daughters from me. )

CB Iacob answered and sayde vnto Laban: I was afrayed, that thou shuldest haue taken away thy doughters fro me:
  (Yacob answered and said unto Laban: I was afraid, that thou/you shuldest have taken away thy/your daughters from me:)

WYC Jacob answeride, That Y yede forth while thou wistist not, Y dredde lest thou woldist take awey thi douytris violentli;
  (Yacob answered, That I went forth while thou/you wistist not, I dreaded lest thou/you would take awey thy/your daughters violentli;)

LUT Jakob antwortete und sprach zu Laban: Ich fürchtete mich und dachte, du würdest deine Töchter von, mir reißen.
  (Yakob antwortete and spoke to Laban: I fürchtete me and dachte, you würdest your Töchter von, to_me reißen.)

CLV Respondit Jacob: Quod inscio te profectus sum, timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas.
  (Respondit Yacob: That inscio you(sg) profectus sum, timui ne violenter auferres daughters tuas. )

BRN And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time thou shouldest take away thy daughters from me, and all my possessions.

BrLXX Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ἰακὼβ εἶπε τῷ Λάβαν, ὅτι ἐφοβήθην· εἶπα γὰρ, μή ποτε ἀφέλῃ τὰς θυγατέρας σου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμά.
  (Apokritheis de Yakōb eipe tōi Laban, hoti efobaʸthaʸn; eipa gar, maʸ pote afelaʸ tas thugateras sou apʼ emou, kai panta ta ema. )