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Genesis 31:14 And Rachel and Leah replied, "Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father's house?
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We won’t inherit any of our father’s wealth anyway.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, <i>Is there</i> yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah said to him, “Do we still have any share or inheritance in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah said to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah said to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “Do we have any portion or inheritance in our father’s family?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “Do we have any portion or inheritance in our father’s household?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah said to Jacob: There's nothing left for us to inherit from our father. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there anything left in our father's household for us to inherit?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah answered Jacob, "There is nothing left for us to inherit from our father. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah asked him, "Do we have anything left of inheritance remaining in our father's house? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah replied, ?Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father?s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, "Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah answered, and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Rachel answers—Leah also—and says to him, “Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, 'Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Rachel will answer, and Leah, and they will say to him, Is yet to us a portion and inheritance in our father's house?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel and Lia answered: Have we anything left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah responded: “Have we anything left behind among the resources and inheritance of our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Rachel and Leah answered him: “Do we still have an heir’s portion in our father’s house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father’s house?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, We have no portion or inheritance in our father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Rakhyl and Leah answered and they were saying, “Again we have no part or inheritance in the house of our father.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: 'Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/31-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=7658" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/31.htm">Jacob Flees from Laban</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’ ” <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7354.htm" title="7354: rā·ḥêl (N-proper-fs) -- A wife of Jacob. The same as rachel; Rachel, a wife of Jacob.">And Rachel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3812.htm" title="3812: wə·lê·’āh (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Weary, a wife of Jacob. From la'ah; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob.">and Leah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: wat·ta·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To answer, respond.">replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mar·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- ">“Do we</a> <a href="/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506: ḥê·leq (N-ms) -- Portion, tract, territory. From chalaq; properly, smoothness; also an allotment.">have any portion</a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: wə·na·ḥă·lāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">or inheritance</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ha·‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">left</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·nū (N-msc:: 1cp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">in our father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇêṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house?</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a></span><br />For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-58.htm">Genesis 24:58</a></span><br />They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-20.htm">Genesis 29:20</a></span><br />So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1-2</a></span><br />When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-2.htm">Genesis 35:2</a></span><br />So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a></span><br />Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Ruth 1:16-17</a></span><br />But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. / Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-20.htm">1 Samuel 18:20</a></span><br />Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-20.htm">1 Kings 19:20</a></span><br />So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10</a></span><br />Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10-12</a></span><br />A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. / The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. / She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-5.htm">Matthew 19:5</a></span><br />and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-7.htm">Mark 10:7-8</a></span><br />‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, / and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-26.htm">Luke 14:26</a></span><br />“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?</p><p class="hdg">Rachel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11</a></b></br> And all the people that <i>were</i> in the gate, and the elders, said, <i>We are</i> witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:</p><p class="hdg">yet any.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a></b></br> Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-24.htm">Genesis 29:24,29</a></b></br> And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid <i>for</i> an handmaid… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/15-2.htm">Estate</a> <a href="/genesis/31-9.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/30-30.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/genesis/31-4.htm">Leah</a> <a href="/genesis/28-22.htm">Part</a> <a href="/genesis/14-24.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/genesis/31-4.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Share</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/17-17.htm">Estate</a> <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/48-6.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/genesis/33-2.htm">Leah</a> <a href="/genesis/32-25.htm">Part</a> <a href="/genesis/33-19.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/exodus/12-4.htm">Share</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-1.htm">Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Rachel steals her father's household gods.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-22.htm">Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-34.htm">Rachel's plan to hide the images.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-36.htm">Jacob's complaint of Laban.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-43.htm">The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/31.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/31.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And Rachel and Leah replied,</b><br>Rachel and Leah, the daughters of Laban, are speaking together, which is significant given their previous rivalry over Jacob's affection and the bearing of children. Their unity here suggests a shared understanding and common cause. This moment reflects a shift in their loyalty from their father to their husband, Jacob. In the patriarchal society of the time, women's voices were often secondary, yet here they are given prominence, indicating the importance of their decision.<p><b>“Do we have any portion or inheritance</b><br>In ancient Near Eastern culture, daughters typically did not receive an inheritance if there were sons. However, Laban's treatment of Jacob and his daughters seems to have been unjust, as he used their dowries for his own gain. The question reflects their realization that they have been effectively disinherited. This situation contrasts with the later Mosaic Law, which provided for daughters to inherit if there were no sons (<a href="/numbers/27.htm">Numbers 27:1-11</a>).<p><b>left in our father’s house?”</b><br>The phrase indicates a sense of loss and betrayal. Laban's house, which should have been a place of security and provision, has become a place where they feel alienated. This sentiment echoes the broader biblical theme of leaving one's family to form a new covenant community, as seen in <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a>. The question also foreshadows the eventual departure of Jacob's family from Laban's household, symbolizing a break from the old life and a step towards the fulfillment of God's promises to Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rachel.htm">Rachel</a></b><br>The younger daughter of Laban and the beloved wife of Jacob. She plays a significant role in the account of Jacob's family and is a central figure in this passage as she questions her inheritance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/leah.htm">Leah</a></b><br>The elder daughter of Laban and the first wife of Jacob. Leah, alongside Rachel, expresses concern about their inheritance and their father's treatment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/laban.htm">Laban</a></b><br>The father of Rachel and Leah, and Jacob's uncle and father-in-law. His actions and treatment of Jacob and his daughters are central to the events leading up to this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The patriarch who worked for Laban to marry his daughters. His decision to leave Laban's household prompts the discussion of inheritance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/paddan-aram.htm">Paddan-aram</a></b><br>The region where Laban's household is located and where Jacob has been living and working for many years.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_inheritance_in_biblical_times.htm">Understanding Inheritance in Biblical Times</a></b><br>Inheritance was a significant aspect of family life in ancient times, often determining one's future security and status. Rachel and Leah's question highlights their sense of loss and injustice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_dynamics_and_god's_plan.htm">Family Dynamics and God's Plan</a></b><br>Despite the dysfunction in Jacob's family, God's plan continues to unfold. This reminds us that God can work through imperfect situations and people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_provision.htm">Trusting God's Provision</a></b><br>Rachel and Leah's concern about their inheritance can lead us to reflect on where we place our trust. Do we rely on earthly possessions, or do we trust in God's provision?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_communication_in_relationships.htm">The Role of Communication in Relationships</a></b><br>The open dialogue between Jacob, Rachel, and Leah demonstrates the importance of communication in addressing family issues and making decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_injustice.htm">Responding to Injustice</a></b><br>Rachel and Leah's situation encourages us to consider how we respond to perceived injustices in our own lives. Do we seek God's guidance and wisdom in such situations?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 31</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/summarize_leah_and_rachel's_story..htm">What is the summary of Leah and Rachel's story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_song_8_5_align_with_patriarchy.htm">How does Song of Solomon 8:5, which suggests a strong marital bond, align with biblical texts that portray marriage in more patriarchal terms? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_genesis_30_14's_mandrakes.htm">What are the mandrakes mentioned in Genesis 30:14?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_approve_jacob's_deceit.htm">Genesis 29:31: Does God's response to Jacob's situation imply approval of deceit and manipulation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 14-16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Rachel and Leah</span> (<span class="accented">vide</span> on ver. 4) <span class="cmt_word">answered and said unto him</span> (Kalisch overdoes his attempt to blacken Jacob's character and whitewash Laban's when he says that Rachel and Leah were so entirely under their husband s influence that they spoke about their father "<span class="accented">with</span> severity and boldness bordering on disrespect." It rather seems to speak badly for Laban that his daughters eventually rose in protest against his heartless cruelty and insatiable greed), <span class="accented">Is there<span class="cmt_word"></span> yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?</span> The interrogative particle indicates a spirited inquiry, to which a negative response is anticipated (cf. <a href="/genesis/30-2.htm">Genesis 30:2</a>; <span class="accented">vide</span> Ewald, ' Hebrews Synt.,' § 324). Kalisch obviously regards it as preposterous that Rachel and Leah should have expected anything, since "married daughters in the East never had any such claim where there were sons." But Laban had not treated Jacob's wives even as daughters. <span class="cmt_word">Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us</span> (however much they loved Jacob they could not but resent the mercenary meanness of Laban, by which they, the free-born daughters of a chieftain, had been sold as common serfs), <span class="cmt_word">and hath quits devoured also our money</span> - literally, <span class="accented">and hath eaten up</span>, <span class="accented">yes</span>, <span class="accented">even eating up</span>, <span class="accented">our money</span>, the inf. abs., <span class="hebrew">אָול</span>, after the finite verb, expressing the continuance (Keil) and intensity (Kalisch) of the action (<span class="accented">vide</span> Ewald, 'Hebrews Synt.,' § 280). <span class="cmt_word">For</span> - <span class="hebrew">כִּי</span> is by some interpreters rendered but (Jarchi), so that (Keil), indeed (Kalisch), though there is no sufficient reason for departing from the usual meaning "for" (Rosenmüller) - <span class="cmt_word">all the riches which God hath taken from our father,</span> - thus Rachel and Leah also recognize the hand of God (Elohim) in Jacob's unusual prosperity - <span class="cmt_word">that is ours, and our children's</span> (Rachel and Leah mean to say that what Jacob had acquired by his six years of service with their father was no more than would have naturally belonged to him had they obtained their portions at the first): <span class="cmt_word">now then, Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do</span>. It is clear that, equally with himself, they were prepared for breaking off connection with their father Laban. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/31-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Rachel</span><br /><span class="heb">רָחֵל֙</span> <span class="translit">(rā·ḥêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7354.htm">Strong's 7354: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rachel -- a wife of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Leah</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֵאָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lê·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3812.htm">Strong's 3812: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">replied,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֤עַן</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Do we</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֛נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">have any portion</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֥לֶק</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·leq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2506.htm">Strong's 2506: </a> </span><span class="str2">Portion, tract, territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or inheritance</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנַחֲלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·na·ḥă·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">left</span><br /><span class="heb">הַע֥וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(ha·‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in our father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִֽינוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house?</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/31-14.htm">OT Law: Genesis 31:14 Rachel and Leah answered him Is there (Gen. 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