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31 Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, because I said, ‘Lest you take your daughters from me by force.’ 32 (A)The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our [a]relatives recognize what is yours [b]among my belongings and take it for yourself.” But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two maidservants, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:32 Lit brothers
  2. Genesis 31:32 Lit with me