Genesis 31:19
Strong's Lexicon
Now while Laban
וְלָבָ֣ן (wə·lā·ḇān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban = 'white' n pr m 1) son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel n pr loc 2) a wilderness encampment of the Israelites

was out
הָלַ֔ךְ (hā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

shearing
לִגְזֹ֖ז (liḡ·zōz)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1494: 1) to shear, mow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shear 1a2) shearer (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

his sheep,
צֹאנ֑וֹ (ṣō·nōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

Rachel
רָחֵ֔ל (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7354: Rachel = 'ewe' 1) daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

stole
וַתִּגְנֹ֣ב (wat·tiḡ·nōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1589: 1) to steal, steal away, carry away 1a) (Qal) to steal 1b) (Niphal) to be stolen 1c) (Piel) to steal away 1d)(Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth 1e) (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away

her father’s
לְאָבִֽיהָ׃ (lə·’ā·ḇî·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

household idols
הַתְּרָפִ֖ים (hat·tə·rā·p̄îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8655: 1) idolatry, idols, image(s), teraphim, family idol 1a) a kind of idol used in household shrine or worship

אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

Young's Literal Translation
And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

New American Standard Bible
When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her father's.

King James Bible
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods.

New Living Translation
At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father's household idols and took them with her.

English Standard Version
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

New American Standard Bible
When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her father's.

King James Bible
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household idols.

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, Laban had been out shearing his sheep. While he was away, Rachel stole her father's personal idols.

NET Bible
While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

American Standard Version
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

English Revised Version
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

Young's Literal Translation
And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;
















Cross References
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

Genesis 31:30
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Genesis 31:35
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Judges 18:17
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

1 Samuel 19:13
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

2 Kings 23:24
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
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