Study it in the app“She said to her father, “Do not let my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the teraphim.”
She saidוַתֹּאמֶרto her father,אֶל אָבִיהָ“Do notאַלlet my lordאֲדֹנִיbe angryיִחַר בְּעֵינֵיthatכִּיI cannotלוֹא אוּכַלriseלָקוּםbefore you,מִפָּנֶיךָforכִּיthe wayדֶרֶךְof womenנָשִׁיםis upon me.”לִיSo he searchedוַיְחַפֵּשׂbut did notוְלֹאfindמָצָאthe teraphim.אֶת הַתְּרָפִים
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsbe angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “yichar” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearssearch
To go through something carefully.
Where else “yechapes” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsa” appearshousehold gods
Teraphim: images of gods kept in the home. The Bible counts them among idols (1 Samuel 15:23; Zechariah 10:2).
Where else “terafim” appears34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them in the saddle of the camel and sat on them. Laban felt through the whole tent but did not find them.
35 · This verse (above)
36Then Jacob became angry and quarreled with Laban. Jacob answered and said to Laban, “What is my transgression? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?
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?
