Genesis 31:32

The place where thou shalt find thy religious things shall not abide: before our brethren ascertain thou what of thine is with me, and take to thee. But Jakob knew not that Rahel had carried them away.

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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

31And Jakob answered and said to Laban, Because I feared; for I said, Lest thou shouldst take away thy daughters from me.

33And Laban entered into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two concubines, but found not; and he went forth from the tent of Leah, and entered the tent of Rahel.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:7And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not (so) wickedly.

Genesis 31:19And Laban had gone to shear his flock: and Rahel took the images that were her father’s.

Genesis 31:30And now, (though) going thou wouldest go, because desiring thou bast desired the house of thy father, why hast thou taken my religion?

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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