Genesis 31:19-21

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¹⁹ While Laban was gone to ·cut the wool from [shear] his sheep, Rachel stole the ·idols [^Lteraphim; ^Cprobably his household gods] that belonged to ·him [^Lher father]. ²⁰ And Jacob ·tricked [deceived; ^Lstole the heart of] Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was ·leaving [fleeing]. ²¹ ·Jacob and his family [^LHe and all that was his] ·left quickly [fled], crossed the ·Euphrates River [^LRiver; ^Cthe northern Euphrates separated Mesopotamia from Syria], and traveled toward the mountains of Gilead [^Cthe northernmost part of Palestine].