THEOSISGenesis 31:32Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But, whereas, thou chargest me with theft: with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols.
עִ֠ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֣א אֶת־אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶה֒ נֶ֣גֶד אַחֵ֧ינוּ הַֽכֶּר־לְךָ֛ מָ֥ה עִמָּדִ֖י וְקַֽח־לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֣ע יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י רָחֵ֖ל גְּנָבָֽתַם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 31:23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad.
- 1 Sam 12:3Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: if I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.
- 1 Sam 12:5And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness.
- Gen 31:30Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods?
- Gen 31:19At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.
- Gen 44:9With whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest, let him die, and we will be the bondmen of my lord.
- Gen 44:12Which when he had searched, beginning at the eldest, and ending at the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.
- Gen 30:33And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee, when the time of the bargain shall come; and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft.