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Genesis 31:19

Genesis 31:19

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images: Heb. teraphim:, , , ; ; , , ; ; ; ; These might have been images devoted to superstitious or idolatrous purposes, as they are termed gods by Laban, in .

The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, tzalmanaya:, "images;" the LXX and Theodoret, ειδολον: strong:G1497, "idols;" Aquilla, μορφωματα:, "figures;" and the Persian, asterlabha:, "astrolabes."

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