King James Version
Genesis 31:19 in the King James Version says “And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. images: Heb. teraphim” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. images: Heb. teraphim”
Genesis 31:19 · KJV
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. images: Heb. teraphim
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. unawares: Heb. the heart of Laban
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to shear”
H1494to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“had stolen”
H1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that were her father's”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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