Genesis 31:14

Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

In Context

13I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

15Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:24And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

Ruth 4:11And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:2-17

Jacob's Departure. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's… Read the whole commentary →

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