Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 31:17

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 31:17 - 31:17

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 31:17 - 31:17

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31:1 - 31:1
31:6 - 31:6
31:9 - 31:9
31:14 - 31:14
31:17 - 31:17
31:20 - 31:20
31:22 - 31:22
31:26 - 31:26
31:27 - 31:27
31:29 - 31:29
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31:33 - 31:33
31:36 - 31:36
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31:42 - 31:42
31:43 - 31:43

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; Jacob then set out with his children and wives, and all the property that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to return to his father in Canaan; whilst Laban had gone to the sheep-shearing, which kept him some time from his home on account of the size of his flock. Rachel took advantage of her father's absence to rob him of his teraphim (penates), probably small images of household gods in human form, which were worshipped as givers of earthly prosperity, and also consulted as oracles (see my Archäologie, §90).