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Genesis 31:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Genesis 31:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Are we not regarded by him as outsiders?[a] He not only sold us; he has even used up the money that he got for us! 16 All the wealth that God took away from our father really belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”(A) 17 Jacob proceeded to put his children and wives on camels,
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- 31:15 Outsiders: lit., “foreign women”; they lacked the favored legal status of native women. Used up: lit., “eaten, consumed”; the bridal price that a man received for giving his daughter in marriage was legally reserved as her inalienable dowry. Perhaps this is the reason that Rachel took the household images belonging to Laban.
Genesis 31:15-17
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Genesis 31:15-17
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15 Does he not regard us as foreigners?(A) Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.(B) 16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children.(C) So do whatever God has told you.”
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(D) on camels,(E)
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