“Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.”
Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine, and let them judge between the two of us. Jacob's call for public community judgment is the covenant legal practice: disputes settled with witnesses. The application: when a charge cannot be disproven privately, appeal to public adjudication. Jacob is confident enough in the search results to call for community witnesses.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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