Genèse 31:15

15 Ne nous a-t-il pas traitées comme des étrangères, puisqu'il nous a vendues, et qu'il a même mangé notre argent?

Genèse 31:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:15

Are we not accounted of him strangers?
&c.] He had not treated them as children, nor even as freeborn persons; but as if they were foreigners that he had taken in war, or bought of others; or at least, that they were born bondmaids in his house, and so had a right to sell them as he had: for he hath sold us;
he had sold them to Jacob for fourteen years' service, as if they had been his slaves, instead of giving dowries with them as his children: and hath quite devoured also our money;
that which he got by the servitude of Jacob, instead of giving it to them as their portion; he spent it on himself and his sons, and there was nothing left for them.

Genèse 31:15 In-Context

13 Je suis le Dieu de Béthel, où tu oignis un monument, où tu me fis un vœu. Maintenant, lève-toi, sors de ce pays, et retourne au pays de ta parenté.
14 Alors Rachel et Léa répondirent et lui dirent: Avons-nous encore une part ou un héritage dans la maison de notre père?
15 Ne nous a-t-il pas traitées comme des étrangères, puisqu'il nous a vendues, et qu'il a même mangé notre argent?
16 Car toutes les richesses que Dieu a ôtées à notre père, sont à nous et à nos enfants. Maintenant donc, fais tout ce que Dieu t'a dit.
17 Alors Jacob se leva, et fit monter ses enfants et ses femmes sur les chameaux.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.