Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 31:34

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 31:34

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 31:34

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel`s saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not." — Genesis 31:34 (ASV)

The camel’s furniture. That is, the camel’s saddle. It is now made of wicker-work, and is protected by curtains and a canopy. Probably Rachel’s was far simpler; and as the teraphim seem to have had heads shaped like those of a man, and dwarf bodies, they would easily be crammed under it.