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Genesis 31:33-35
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 31:33-35
New Catholic Bible
33 Laban entered Jacob’s tent and then the tent of Leah and the tent of the two slaves, but he did not find anything. Then he went out from Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the idols and had placed them under a camel’s saddle and had then sat upon it. Laban searched throughout the whole tent and did not find them.
35 She said to her father, “Please do not be offended, my lord, if I cannot rise in your presence, but I am having my monthly time.”[a] Laban therefore searched in the entire tent and did not find the idols.
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- Genesis 31:35 I am having my monthly time: in later times, anything a menstruating woman sat on was considered ritually unclean (Lev 15:20). Rachel, too, had become a deceiver.
Genesis 31:33-35
New International Version
Genesis 31:33-35
New International Version
33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent(A) and into the tent of the two female servants,(B) but he found nothing.(C) After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods(D) and put them inside her camel’s saddle(E) and was sitting on them. Laban searched(F) through everything in the tent but found nothing.
35 Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence;(G) I’m having my period.(H)” So he searched but could not find the household gods.(I)
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