Genesis 31:17-22

31:17

camels <01581> [upon camels.]

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set out <0935> [for to go.]

31:19

household idols <08655> [images. Heb. teraphim.]

These might have been images devoted to superstitious or idolatrous purposes, as they are termed gods by Laban, in ver. 30. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, {tzalmanaya,} "images;" the LXX. and Theodoret, [eidolon <\\See definition 1497\\,] "idols;" Aquilla, [morphomata,] "figures;" and the Persian, {asterlabha,} "astrolabes."

31:20

Laban <03820 03837> [unawares to Laban. Heb. the heart of Laban. See references on ver. 27.]

31:21

crossed <05674> [passed.]

headed <07760 06440> [set his.]

Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]

31:22