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Genesis 31:19-21
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 31:19-21
New Catholic Bible
19 When Laban had gone to shear the sheep, Rachel stole the household idols[a] that belonged to her father. 20 Jacob sneaked away from Laban the Aramean, not letting him know that he was about to flee. 21 This way he was able to go with all his possessions. He rose, crossed the river,[b] and traveled toward the mountains of Gilead.
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- Genesis 31:19 Household idols (Hebrew, teraphim) were small statues of divinities worshiped by the family (see v. 30). They belonged by right to the principal heir.
- Genesis 31:21 The river was the Euphrates. Gilead is the mountainous region east of the Jordan.
