And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
WEB
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
YLT
And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;
DBT
And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)