Genesis 31:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

And put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. The common pack-saddle is often used as a seat or a cushion, against which a person squatted on the floor may lean. [But kar (H3733) denotes a carriage, a litter; and kar (H3733) hagaamaal (H1581), a camel's litter, saddle - i:e., the houda or canopy begirt on a camel's back, in which ladies are seated when traveling.]

Genesis 31:34

34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searchede all the tent, but found them not.