창세기 31:26의 인용 해설

כי יראתי BECAUSE I FEARED — He answered his first question first, for he had asked him (Genesis 31:26) “[what hast thou done…] that thou hast carried away my daughters etc.” (this being the first of all Laban’s questions).

ויען...כי יראתי, concerning your question “what did you do by misleading me,” I did not inform you of my impending departure because I was afraid; I said to myself if I tell you, you would rob me of “your daughters,” i.e. my wives and children.

AND JACOB WAS WROTH, AND QUARRELLED WITH LABAN. Jacob had originally given him permission to search the tents, for he said, With whomsoever thou findest thy gods,²²⁶Verse 26 here. and he further said, before our brethren recognize what is thine with me,²²⁶Verse 26 here. and how could Laban find it if not by searching and handling? At first, however, Jacob feared lest one of the wives or servants had stolen Laban’s gods, and now that he saw that they were not with them his anger was aroused, for he said, “He did not lose his gods, only he is seeking a quarrel with me.”²²⁷Judges 14:4. So he said, “Why have you hotly pursued after me as one pursues a thief? You have not found in my possession anything of all thy household stuff²²⁸Verse 37 here. though I was entitled to take from you all I could for you have changed my hire ten times,²²⁹Verse 41 here. and you demanded of me recompense for the animals that were torn by beasts,²³⁰Verse 39 here. and I paid you, though not legally by law required to do so.”