Génesis 31:35

Listen to Génesis 31:35
35 Entonces Raquel le dijo a su padre:鈥擯or favor, no se enoje mi padre si no puedo levantarme ante usted, pero es que estoy en mi per铆odo de menstruaci贸n.Lab谩n busc贸 los 铆dolos, pero no logr贸 encontrarlos.

Génesis 31:35 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:35

And she said to her father
As he approached nearer to her, having searched her tent all over: let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee:
she addresses him with great honour and respect; calling him her lord, being her father, though an unkind one, and entreats him not to be displeased that she did not rise up and yield that obeisance to him which was due from her to a father: for the custom of women [is] upon me;
her menstrues; which before the law of Moses were reckoned a pollution, and such persons were not to be touched or come near unto, and everything they sat upon was unclean, and not to be touched also; ( Leviticus 15:19-23 ) ; and he searched;
all about her, and around her; but did not oblige her to get up, nor could he imagine that ever the images could be under her in such circumstances: but found not the images;
and so left off searching; nor do we find that he searched the flock for any of his cattle there, knowing full well Jacob's honesty and integrity.

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Génesis 31:35 In-Context

33 as铆 que Lab谩n entr贸 en la carpa de Jacob, luego en la de Lea y en la de las dos criadas, pero no encontr贸 lo que buscaba. Cuando sali贸 de la carpa de Lea, entr贸 en la de Raquel.
34 Pero Raquel, luego de tomar los 铆dolos y esconderlos bajo la montura del camello, se sent贸 sobre ellos. Lab谩n los busc贸 por toda la carpa, pero no los encontr贸.
35 Entonces Raquel le dijo a su padre:鈥擯or favor, no se enoje mi padre si no puedo levantarme ante usted, pero es que estoy en mi per铆odo de menstruaci贸n.Lab谩n busc贸 los 铆dolos, pero no logr贸 encontrarlos.
36 Entonces Jacob se enoj贸 con Lab谩n, e indignado le reclam贸:鈥斅縌u茅 crimen o pecado he cometido, para que me acoses de esta manera?
37 Ya has registrado todas mis cosas, 驴y acaso has encontrado algo que te pertenezca? Si algo has encontrado, ponlo aqu铆, frente a nuestros parientes, y que ellos determinen qui茅n de los dos tiene la raz贸n.
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