וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־אָבִ֗יהָ אַל־יִ֙חַר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י כִּ֣י ל֤וֹא אוּכַל֙ לָק֣וּם מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ כִּי־דֶ֥רֶךְ נָשִׁ֖ים לִ֑י וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ וְלֹ֥א מָצָ֖א אֶת־הַתְּרָפִֽים׃
Elle dit à son père: "Ne sois pas offensé, mon seigneur, si je ne puis me lever devant toi à cause de l’incommodité habituelle des femmes." Il chercha encore et il ne trouva point les pénates.
On Drunkenness
[54] That the rule of custom is followed by women more than men is, I think, quite clearly shewn by the words of Rachel, who looks with admiration only on that which is perceived by the senses. For she says to her father, “Be not wroth, sir; I cannot rise before thee, because the custom of women is upon me” (Gen. 31:35).
On the Confusion of Tongues
[74] Thus mark how the Man of Practice speaks: “Take away the alien gods who are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves and change your raiment and let us rise up and go up to Bethel” (Gen. 35:2, 3), so that, even though Laban demand a search, no idols may be found in all the house (Gen. 31:35) but veritable substantial realities graven, as though on stone, on the heart of the wise, realities which are the heritage of the self-taught nature, Isaac. For Isaac alone receives from his father the “real substance” (Gen. 25:5).