Jacob Flees from Laban · Genesis 31
Jacob Flees from Laban (Genesis 31) read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew - plain modern English, nothing added.
Translator's notes:
• Genesis 31:13 — הָאֵל בֵּית־אֵל (ha-El Beit-El): chose "the El of Bethel". Alternatives: "the God of Bethel". Why: El is kept by the standing rule; the place-name Bethel is itself "house of El," so the compound names the El who appeared at that place.
• Genesis 31:19 — הַתְּרָפִים (ha-terafim): chose "the household gods". Alternatives: "the teraphim (left as a borrowed word)", "the household idols". Why: the Hebrew names a class of…
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