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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] 33 So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, Leah’s tent, and the tents of the two maid servants, but he didn’t find them.[c] Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

34 Meanwhile, Rachel had taken the idols,[d] placed them inside the saddle of her camel, and sat on them. Laban searched through the whole tent, but found nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:32 Lit. he is not to live
  2. Genesis 31:32 Lit. them
  3. Genesis 31:33 The Heb. lacks them
  4. Genesis 31:34 Lit. teraphim; i.e. personal idols typically stored inside a small household shrine