The Genesis Project
Genesis 31

Daughters’ Inheritance

88 words · October 19, 2025

Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate? Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.
Genesis 31:14-15 (NIV)

Genesis 31:14-15 is a veiled rebuke of a system that reduces women to property – a way of life associated with the wickedness of Laban.
Their statement paints a picture of how it should have been. Daughters should have a share in the inheritance.

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