The Family of Abraham: Part 21—The Flight from Laban and the Stolen Teraphim
April 8, 2019
Alastair Roberts
I discuss Genesis 31, as God appears to Jacob, Jacob flees from the house of Laban, Rachel takes Laban's teraphim, and Laban and Jacob make a covenant.
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