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35 She said to her father, “Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for I am having the way of women.” So he searched but did not find the idols.

36 Then Jacob got angry and argued with Laban. Jacob answered and said to Laban, “What’s my crime? What’s my sin that you’ve hotly pursued me? 37 For you’ve felt through all my things. What did you find? Any of your household things? Put them here, in front of my relatives and yours—so they can decide between the two of us.

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35 Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence;(A) I’m having my period.(B)” So he searched but could not find the household gods.(C)

36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged(D) you that you hunt me down?(E) 37 Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household?(F) Put it here in front of your relatives(G) and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.(H)

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