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Genesis 31:33-35
New English Translation
Genesis 31:33-35
New English Translation
33 So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols.[a] Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.[b] 34 (Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel’s saddle[c] and sat on them.)[d] Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them.[e] 35 Rachel[f] said to her father, “Don’t be angry,[g] my lord. I cannot stand up[h] in your presence because I am having my period.”[i] So he searched thoroughly,[j] but did not find the idols.
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- Genesis 31:33 tn No direct object is specified for the verb “find” in the Hebrew text. The words “the idols” have been supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Genesis 31:33 tn Heb “and he went out from the tent of Leah and went into the tent of Rachel.”
- Genesis 31:34 tn The “camel’s saddle” was probably some sort of basket-saddle, a cushioned saddle with a basket bound on. Cf. NAB “inside a camel cushion.”
- Genesis 31:34 tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides another parenthetical statement necessary to the storyline.
- Genesis 31:34 tn The word “them” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Genesis 31:35 tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rachel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 31:35 tn Heb “let it not be hot in the eyes of my lord.” This idiom refers to anger, in this case as a result of Rachel’s failure to stand in the presence of her father as a sign of respect.
- Genesis 31:35 tn Heb “I am unable to rise.”
- Genesis 31:35 tn Heb “the way of women is to me.” This idiom refers to a woman’s menstrual period.
- Genesis 31:35 tn The word “thoroughly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
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