Genesis 31:32 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if you find anything else that belongs to you, identify it before all these relatives of ours, and I will give it back!” But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

תרפים t^erāpı̂ym — Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapte…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

Abraham beg…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

That Rachel had stolen them. Moses recounts how Rachel concealed her theft: specifically, by sitting on the idols and using the custom of …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

With whomsoever you find your gods, let him not live
This is the answer to his last question, as what goes before is…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

God can put a bridle in the mouths of wicked men to restrain their malice, though He does not change their hearts. Though they have no love for God…