New American Standard Bible 2020
Genesis 31:35
35And she said to her father, “May my lord not be angry that I cannot 1stand in your presence, because the 2way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the 34household idols.
Genesis 31:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
- New International Version (NIV)Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period.” So he searched but could not find the household gods.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And she said to her father, "Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me." So he searched but did not find the household gods.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And she said to her father, “Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is with me.” And he searched but did not find the household idols.
Context of Genesis 31:35
33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two slave women, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent. 34Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camel’s saddlebag, and she sat on them. So Laban searched through all the tent, but did not find them. And she said to her father, “May my lord not be angry that I cannot stand in your presence, because the way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the household idols. 36Then Jacob became angry and argued with Laban; and Jacob said to Laban, “What is my offense? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me? 37Though you have searched through all my property, what have you found of all your household property? Set it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they may decide between the two of us.
Read all of Genesis 31Genesis 31:35 word by word
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־אָבִ֗יהָ אַל־יִ֙חַר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י כִּ֣י ל֤וֹא אוּכַל֙ לָק֣וּם מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ כִּי־דֶ֥רֶךְ נָשִׁ֖ים לִ֑י וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ וְלֹ֥א מָצָ֖א אֶת־הַתְּרָפִֽים׃Read the interlinear
- And she saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to her fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- May my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
- not beחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
- that I cannotיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
- that I cannotלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- standקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- in your presenceמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
- in your presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
- wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
- of womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- is upon me.” So he searchedחָפַשׂchâphaώ · to searchH2664
- but did not findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- householdתְּרָפִיםterâphîym · teraphimH8655
Cross-references for Genesis 31:35
- Genesis 18:12So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
- Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you.
- Leviticus 19:3Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- 1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are harsh.
- 1 Peter 3:6just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; and you have proved to be her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.
- Leviticus 19:32‘You shall stand up in the presence of the grayheaded and honor elders, and you shall fear your God; I am the Lord.
- 1 Kings 2:19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king stood to meet her, bowed to her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set up for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.
- Genesis 18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing.
- Leviticus 15:19‘When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.
Commentaries on Genesis 31:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35The custom of women is upon me - This she knew must be a satisfactory reason to her father; for if the teraphim were used to any religious purpose, and they seem to have been used in this way, as Laban calls them his gods, he therefore could not suspect that a woman in such a situation, whose touch was considered as defiling, would have sat upon articles that were either the objects of his adoration, or used for any sacred purpose. The stratagem succeeded…Read the comment
- 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
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-35Verses 22-35 God can put a bridle in the mouth of wicked men, to restrain their malice, though he do not change their hearts. Though they have no love to God's people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity. Foolish Laban! to call those things his gods which could be stolen! Enemies may steal our goods, but not our God. Here Laban lays to Jacob's charge things that he knew not. Those who commit their cause to God, are not forbidden…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-35Laban searched for the idols but did not find them. He did not think that a woman in her monthly bleeding would make the idols ceremonially unclean by sitting on them (see Leviticus 15:19–24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-5522-24. it was told Laban on the third day--No sooner did the news reach Laban than he set out in pursuit, and he being not encumbered, advanced rapidly; whereas Jacob, with a young family and numerous flocks, had to march slowly, so that he overtook the fugitives after seven days' journey as they lay encamped on the brow of mount Gilead, an extensive range of hills forming the eastern boundary of Canaan. Being accompanied by a number of his people, he…Read the comment
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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
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