Genesis 31:19

Now Laban [White] had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel [Ewe sheep] stole the household deities that were her father’s.

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In The King James Version

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

In Context

18and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram [Elevated], to go to Isaac [Laughter] his father, to the land of Canaan [Humbled].

20Jacob [Supplanter] deceived Laban [White] the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:30Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my deities?”

Genesis 31:34Now Rachel [Ewe sheep] had taken the household deities, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban [White] felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.

Genesis 38:13Tamar [Palm tree] was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:18-25

17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the… Read the whole commentary →

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