Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 31:33 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 33. 33And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
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Role in This Section
Laban searches the household tents in sequence and finally enters Rachel's tent, where the missing teraphim are hidden.
Read It With
- Genesis 31:22–42
Read verses 32–35. Jacob permits the search without knowing the truth, Laban moves through the tents, and Rachel's concealment explains why the search fails. Verse 33 is suspenseful setup rather than an independent conclusion.
Why It Needs Context
This search-order notice depends on Jacob's uninformed permission and Rachel's successful concealment.
Read Genesis 31:33–35 together
Why these verses belong together: The tent-by-tent search reaches Rachel, whose hiding place and menstrual claim keep the teraphim undiscovered.
Verse 33. 33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
Verse 34. 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
Verse 35. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
Continue in Context
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Read Genesis 31:22–42 — Laban Pursues and Searches Jacob's CampSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, unit boundary, pursuit, warning, accusations, search, labor defense, later narrative, shepherd-liability, and menstrual-purity comparisons.
Exact location: Genesis 31:22–42 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 28:10–22; 29:15–30; 30:25–43; 31:1–21, 43–55; 35:1–20; Exodus 22:10–13; and Leviticus 15:19–23
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew idioms, knowledge states, search language, physical labor terms, divine title, and final divine-action wording.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 31:22–42; morphology and wording for pursued, good or bad, power of my hand, longed, take by force, let him not live, camel equipment, way of women, chode, judge, torn, heat, cold, Fear of Isaac, affliction, labor, and rebuked
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