Holy Scripture

Genesis 31:33

A church father on this verse
“But this pertains to the moral sense, whereas the mystical sense is that Laban, whose name means "lie that has been purified"—and even Satan transfigures himself into an angel of light—came to Jacob and began to demand his possessions from him. Jacob answered him, "Identify whatever of yours I may have," that is, "I h…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On Jacob and the Blessed Life

Source: Septuagint

Original

33And Laban went in and searched in the house of Leah, and found them not; and he went out of the house of Leah, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maidservants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel.

Modern

Preparing…

Teens

Preparing…

Kids

Preparing…

In context

31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time thou shouldest take away thy daughters from me, and all my possessions.

32And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.

— Genesis 31:33 —

34And Rachel took the idols, and cast them among the camels’ packs, and sat upon them.

35And she said to her father, Be not indignant, Sir; I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me according to the manner of women. Laban searched in all the house, and found not the images.

Read all of Genesis 31 →