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31 Jacob answered [L and said to] Laban, “I left without telling you, because I was afraid you would ·take [forcibly remove] your daughters away from me. 32 If you find anyone here who has taken your ·idols [gods], that person will ·be killed [L not live]! ·Your [L Our] ·relatives [L brothers] will be my witnesses. You may look for anything that belongs to you and take anything that is yours.” (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen Laban’s idols.)

33 So Laban ·looked [L went] in Jacob’s tent, in Leah’s tent, and in the tent where the two slave women stayed, but he did not find his idols. When he left Leah’s tent, he went into Rachel’s tent.

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31 Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.(A) 32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live.(B) In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.(C)

33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent(D) and into the tent of the two female servants,(E) but he found nothing.(F) After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.

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