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Are we notהֲלוֹאregardedנֶחְשַׁבְנוּby himלוֹas foreigners?נָכְרִיּוֹתForכִּיhe sold us,מְכָרָנוּand he hasוַalsoגַּםcompletelyאָכוֹלeaten upיֹּאכַלour silver.אֶת כַּסְפֵּנוּ
Genesis 31:15
Study it in the app“Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he sold us, and he has also completely eaten up our silver.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:15, word by word
- regardedנֶחְשַׁבְנוּnechshavnu
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “nechshavnu” appears- as foreignersנָכְרִיּוֹתnachriyot
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriyot” appears- he sold usמְכָרָmechara
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mechara” appears- completelyאָכוֹלachol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achol” appears- our silverכַּסְפֵּkaspe
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kaspe” appears
The context
14Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there still for us a portion or an inheritance in the house of our father?
15 · This verse (above)
16Indeed, all the wealth that Elohim has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now, whatever Elohim has told you, do.”
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?