Genesis 31:30-32

International Standard Version

³⁰ Now, you can go if you must go, because you certainly are longing to go to your father’s house. But why did you steal my gods?”

Laban Searches for His Idols

³¹ “I was afraid,” Jacob replied. “I thought you might take your daughters from me. ³² Now as to your gods, if you find someone has them in their possession, he’s a dead man.^[a] Take our relatives as witnesses, search through our belongings, and take whatever belongs to you that’s in my possession.” But Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen the idols.^[b]