Genesis 31 · Verse 14

Genesis 31:14

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
Genesis 31:14, King James Version

Genesis 31:14 in other translations

BSBAnd Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
WEBRachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
ASVAnd Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
YLTAnd Rachel answereth--Leah also--and saith to him, ‘Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?
DARBYAnd Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
BBEThen Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?
WebsterAnd Rachel and Leah answered, and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

What does Genesis 31:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. Rachel and Leah answered--Having heard his views, they expressed their entire approval; and from grievances of their own, they were fully as desirous of a separation as himself. They display not only conjugal affection, but piety in following the course described--"whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do" [Ge 31:16]. "Those that are really their husbands' helpmeets will never be their hindrances in doing that to which God calls them" [Henry].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 31:1-21

The affairs of these families are related very minutely, while (what are called) the great events of states and kingdoms at that period, are not mentioned. The Bible teaches people the common duties of life, how to serve God, how to enjoy the blessings he bestows, and to do good in the various stations and duties of life. Selfish men consider themselves robbed of all that goes past them, and covetousness will even…

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Genesis 31:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתַּ֤עַןva.Ta.'anand she answeredH6030
רָחֵל֙ra.ChelRachelH7354
וְלֵאָ֔הve.le.'Ahand LeahH3812
וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָהva.to.Mar.nahand they saidH559
ל֑וֹloto <the> him
הַע֥וֹדha.'od¿ stillH5750
לָ֛נוּLa.nu[belong] to <the> us
חֵ֥לֶקChe.lek[does] a shareH2506
וְנַחֲלָ֖הve.na.cha.Lahand an inheritanceH5159
בְּבֵ֥יתbe.Veitin [the] household ofH1004
אָבִֽינוּ\׃'a.Vi.nufather ourH1

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 31:14

  • Ruth 4:11

    And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:

  • Genesis 2:24

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Genesis 29:29

    And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

  • Genesis 29:24

    And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rachel.
Ru 4:11
yet any.
2:24; 29:24,29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 31:13

    I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

  • Genesis 31:14

    And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

  • Genesis 31:15

    Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

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Genesis 31:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y respondió Rachêl y Lea, y dijéronle: ¿Tenemos ya parte ni heredad en la casa de nuestro padre?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Rachel et Léa répondirent et lui dirent: Avons-nous encore une portion et un héritage dans la maison de notre père?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Rahel und Lea antworteten und sprachen zu ihm: Haben wir noch ein Teil und ein Erbe im Hause unseres Vaters?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Responderuntque Rachel et Lia: Numquid habemus residui quidquam in facultatibus et hæreditate domus patris nostri?