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“The angel said, ‘Look up, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are mating with the females of your flock. For I have seen how Laban has treated you. 13I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, the place where you anointed the pillar of stone and made your vow to me. Now get ready and leave this country and return to the land of your birth.’” Rachel and Leah responded, “That’s fine with us! We won’t inherit any of our father’s wealth anyway. 15He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you paid him for us. 16All the wealth God has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children. So go ahead and 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Rachelרָחֵלrâchêl · RachelH7354
• and Leahלֵאָהlê'âh · LeahH3812
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• yet any portionחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
• or inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• for us in our father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for Genesis 31:14

• Ruth 4:11Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.
• Genesis 2:24This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
• Genesis 29:24(Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)

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