Chuàngshìjì 31:53

53 Dàn yuàn Yàbólāhǎn de shén hé Náhè de shén , jiù shì tāmen fùqin de shén , zaì nǐ wǒ zhōngjiān pànduàn . Yǎgè jiù zhǐ zhe tā fùqin Yǐsā suǒ jìngwèi de shén qǐshì ,

Chuàngshìjì 31:53 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their
father, judge between us
And the father of these was Terah, so that the god of them was not the true God, and is not meant, at least not as truly worshipped; but the god or gods of Terah, Nahor and Abraham worshipped while idolaters, and Laban still continued to do, though perhaps not in so gross a manner as some did: and Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac;
that is, by the true God his father Isaac feared, served, and worshipped: or "but Jacob" {r} which seems plainly to suggest, that the God whom Laban called upon to be a judge between them, should they break covenant, and swore by, and he whom Jacob swore by, were different; each swore by their own deities.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (ebvyw) "sed juravit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Chuàngshìjì 31:53 In-Context

51 Lābān yòu shuō , nǐ kàn wǒ zaì nǐ wǒ zhōngjiān suǒ lì de zhè shí duī hé zhùzi .

52 Zhè shí duī zuò zhèngjù , zhè zhùzi yĕ zuò zhèngjù . wǒ bì bù guò zhè shí duī qù haì nǐ . nǐ yĕ bùkĕ guò zhè shí duī hé zhùzi lái haì wǒ .

53 Dàn yuàn Yàbólāhǎn de shén hé Náhè de shén , jiù shì tāmen fùqin de shén , zaì nǐ wǒ zhōngjiān pànduàn . Yǎgè jiù zhǐ zhe tā fùqin Yǐsā suǒ jìngwèi de shén qǐshì ,

54 Yòu zaì shān shàng xiànjì , qǐng zhòng dìxiōng lái chī fàn . tāmen chī le fàn , biàn zaì shān shàng zhù sù .

55 Lābān qīngzǎo qǐlai , yǔ tā waìsūn hé nǚér qīnzuǐ, gĕi tāmen zhùfú , huí wàng zìjǐ de dìfang qù le .