¹⁹ Laban had gone to clip the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel stole the statues of the family gods that belonged to her father. ²⁰ And that’s not all. Jacob tricked Laban, the Aramean. He didn’t tell him he was running away. ²¹ So Jacob ran off with everything he had. He crossed the Euphrates River. And he headed for the hill country of Gilead.