And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?
And Rachel and Leah answered, and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
His wives entirely accord with his view of their father's selfishness in dealing with his son-in-law, and approve of his intended departure. Jacob makes all the needful preparations for a hasty and secret flight. He avails himself of the occasion when Laban is at a distance probably of three or more days' journey, shearing his sheep. "Rachel stole the teraphim." It is not the business of Scripture to acquaint us with the kinds and characteristics of false worship. Hence, we know little of the teraphim, except that they were employed by those who professed to worship the true God. Rachel had a lingering attachment to these objects of her family's superstitious reverence, and secretly carried them away as relics of a home she was to visit no more, and as sources of safety to herself against the perils of her flight.