“And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?”
Then Rachel and Leah replied: do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father's estate? The response of Rachel and Leah — together, in agreement for perhaps the first time in the narrative — declares that they no longer consider themselves part of Laban's household. The common cause of departure has unified the sisters who have competed throughout chapters 29-30. The application: a common external pressure can produce a unity between people who have been rivals.
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