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Genesis 31:19

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

KJV

Eo tempore ierat Laban ad tondendas oves, et Rachel furata est idola patris sui.

Vulgate

Λαβὰν δὲ ᾤχετο κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ· ἔκλεψεν δὲ Ῥαχὴλ τὰ εἴδωλα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/לָבָ֣ן הָלַ֔ךְ לִ/גְזֹ֖ז אֶת צֹאנ֑/וֹ וַ/תִּגְנֹ֣ב רָחֵ֔ל אֶת הַ/תְּרָפִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְ/אָבִֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People LabanRachel

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גֹזְזִ֖ים
gzzym
verb · 15×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
רָחֵ֖ל
rchl
proper_noun · 47×
תְּרָפִ֖ים
trpym
noun · 15×
תִּגְנֹ֤ב
tgnb
verb · 39×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:23 — For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
  • 1Sam 19:13 — And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
  • 1Sam 19:13 — And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
  • 2Kgs 23:24 — Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he
  • Deut 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and sa
  • Ezek 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
  • Ezek 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
  • Gen 31:30 — And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
  • Gen 31:30 — And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
  • Gen 31:32 — 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.
  • Gen 31:32 — 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.
  • Gen 31:34 — Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
  • Gen 31:34 — Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
  • Gen 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
  • Gen 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
  • Hos 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
  • Hos 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
  • Josh 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and
  • Josh 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and
  • Judg 17:4 — Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the hou
  • Judg 17:5 — And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
  • Judg 18:14 — Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten im
  • Judg 18:31 — And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
  • Zech 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no