Genesis 31:35
She said: Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, because it has now happened to me, according to the custom of women, So his careful search was in vain.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- ait : Ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te assurgere nequeo : quia juxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi : sic delusa sollicitudo quærentis est.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς Μὴ βαρέως φέρε, κύριε· οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ κατ᾽ ἐθισμὸν τῶν γυναικίων μού ἐστιν. ἠρεύνησεν δὲ Λαβὰν ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ, καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν τὰ εἴδωλα. ⸆
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל אָבִ֗יהָ אַל יִ֨חַר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י כִּ֣י ל֤וֹא אוּכַל֙ לָק֣וּם מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ כִּי דֶ֥רֶךְ נָשִׁ֖ים לִ֑י וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ וְלֹ֥א מָצָ֖א אֶת הַתְּרָפִֽים
Haydock's commentary
Vain. For who would imagine, that a woman should treat in this manner the objects of her father's adoration? (Calmet)
It would hence appear, that she did not herself adore them, unless fear overcame her religion. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.