OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 31:32

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Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.

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Verse 32. Slain. Homer says, “the father judges his children and wives;” and thus Jacob pronounces sentence. The Rabbins pretend it and its effect soon after in the death of Rachel. Calmet. 35:18. Calmet.

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