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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

In Context

31Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.

33So Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and of Lia, and of both the handmaids, and found them not. And when he was entered into Rachel's tent,

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Cross References

Genesis 19:7no not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil.

Genesis 31:19At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.

Genesis 31:30Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods?

1 Samuel 12:3Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.

2 Corinthians 8:20Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:26-36

Laban's Pursuit after Jacob. ( b. c. 1739.) 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28… Read the whole commentary →

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