Genesis 31:19

In 11 translations

BSB

Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

KJV

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

WEB

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

ASV

Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

LSV

And Laban has gone to shear his flock, and Rachel steals the teraphim which her father has;

YLT

And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;

DBY

And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.

DRC

At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father’s idols.

GNV

Whe Laban was gone to shere his sheepe, Then Rahel stole her fathers idoles.

JPS

Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

LXXE

And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images.

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WLC

וְלָבָ֣ן הָלַ֔ךְ לִגְזֹ֖ז אֶת־צֹאנ֑וֹ וַתִּגְנֹ֣ב רָחֵ֔ל אֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְאָבִֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Λάβαν δὲ ᾤχετο κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ· ἔκλεψε δὲ Ῥαχὴλ τὰ εἴδωλα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

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• 1 Samuel 19:13Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
• Genesis 31:30Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
• Hosea 3:4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
• Ezekiel 21:21For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
• Genesis 35:2So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
• Judges 17:4–5So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah. Now…
• Judges 18:14–24Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you…
• Genesis 31:34Now 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.
• Genesis 31:32If 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.
• Judges 18:31So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
• Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

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