Genesis 31:35
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
KJV
ait : Ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te assurgere nequeo : quia juxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi : sic delusa sollicitudo quærentis est.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς Μὴ βαρέως φέρε, κύριε· οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ κατ’ ἐθισμὸν τῶν γυναικίων μού ἐστιν. ἠρεύνησεν δὲ Λαβὰν ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ, καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν τὰ εἴδωλα. ⸆
LXX
And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.
ASV
וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל אָבִ֗י/הָ אַל יִ֨חַר֙ בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔/י כִּ֣י ל֤וֹא אוּכַל֙ לָ/ק֣וּם מִ/פָּנֶ֔י/ךָ כִּי דֶ֥רֶךְ נָשִׁ֖ים לִ֑/י וַ/יְחַפֵּ֕שׂ וְ/לֹ֥א מָצָ֖א אֶת הַ/תְּרָפִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:19 — Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for th
- 1Pet 2:18 — Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
- 1Pet 3:6 — Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
- Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Gen 18:11 — Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
- Lev 15:19 — And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
- Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.