Genesis 31:14

Genesis 31:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
• New International Version (NIV)Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, "Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's house?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Context of Genesis 31:14

12‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you. 13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’” And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house? 15Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us. 16Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

Genesis 31:14 word by word

וַתַּ֤עַן רָחֵל֙ וְלֵאָ֔ה וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה ל֑וֹ הַע֥וֹד לָ֛נוּ חֵ֥לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֖ה בְּבֵ֥ית אָבִֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

• And Rachelרָחֵלrâchêl · RachelH7354
• and Leahלֵאָהlê'âh · LeahH3812
• repliedעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• repliedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• have any portionחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
• or inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• leftעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• in our father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for Genesis 31:14

• Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
• Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
• Genesis 29:24And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

Commentaries on Genesis 31:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-55Verses 1-55 - Jacob‘s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16The women quickly agreed to go with Jacob because God had blessed him. They were very willing to leave Laban, who had wasted their wealth (the property meant to support them). They understood that what God gave Jacob would also belong to them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Rachel and Leah answered--Having heard his views, they expressed their entire approval; and from grievances of their own, they were fully as desirous of a separation as himself. They display not only conjugal affection, but piety in following the course described--"whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do" [Ge 31:16]. "Those that are really their husbands' helpmeets will never be their hindrances in doing that to which God calls them" [Henry].Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 31:14

• Laban
• Leah
• Rachel
• Wife

In the dictionaries

• Leah
• Rachel
• Agate
• Carry
• Discern
• Fear
• Gather
• Inheritance
• Jacob
• Mount

Commentaries on Genesis 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings