Genesis 31:33
31 “I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
32 If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
35 Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
- KJV
- And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
- WEB
- Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
- ASV
- And Laban went into Jacob`s tent, and into Leah`s tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah`s tent, and entered into Rachel`s tent.
- DARBY
- And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two handmaids' tents, and found nothing; and he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
- BLB
- And Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two maidservants, and he did not find [anything]. And he went out of the tent of Leah and entered into the tent of Rachel.
- ÅB
- Da gikk Laban inn i Jakobs telt og i Leas telt og i begge slavekvinnenes telt, men fant ikke noe. Så gikk han ut av Leas telt og inn i Rakels telt.
- OTB
- Så gikk Laban inn i Jakobs telt, og inn i Leas telt, og inn i teltet til de to kvinnelige tjenerne, men han fant dem ikke. Etter at han kom ut av Leas telt, gikk han inn i Rakels telt.
- B1930
- Da gikk Laban inn i Jakobs telt og i Leas telt og i begge trælkvinnenes telt, men fant ikke noget. Så gikk han ut av Leas telt og inn i Rakels telt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 24:28
The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
Read in contextGenesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
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