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Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel`s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn`t find them.
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The Stolen Household 'Gods'
Commentators explain that the 'teraphim' were household idols, likely small busts, which Laban's family used for divination despite also acknowledging the true God. Matthew Henry highlights the foolishness of calling something that could be stolen and hidden under a saddle a 'god,' contrasting the powerlessness of idols with the sovereignty of the God of Jacob.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
תרפים terāpı̂ym — Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapte…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now Rachel had taken the images Hearing her father inquire about them, and her husband having given leave to search …
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