trespass … sin i.e. (a) the particular outrage against the rights of kinship, and (b) moral offence generally. Jacob regards the charge of the theft of the teraphimas a mere pretext, devised by Laban in order to ransack his goods. For the word rendered "trespass," "transgression," "rebellion," cf. Genesis 50:17; 1 Samuel 24:12; 1Ki 12:19; 2 Kings 8:20.

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