Genesis 31:14

Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “There is no longer any inheritance for us in our father’s house.

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In The King James Version

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 Bethel, where you anointed a pillar of stone, where you made a vow to me. Now arise, leave this land, and return to the land where you were born.’”

15Are we not considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us and goes on to consume the money paid for us.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:24At the same time Laban gave his slave-girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah.

Ruth 4:11Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrata, and become famous in Bethlehem.

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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