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Genesis 31:19

LabanRachel
Sin

17 Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

18 and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

20 Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

21 So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

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BSB
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
KJV
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
WEB
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
ASV
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father`s.
DARBY
And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.
BLB
And Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the teraphim that belonged to her father.
ÅB
Men Laban hadde dratt bort for å klippe sauene sine; da stjal Rakel sin fars husguder.
OTB
Mens Laban hadde dratt for å klippe sin flokk, tok Rakel sin fars husguder.
B1930
Men Laban hadde draget bort for å klippe sine får; da stjal Rakel sin fars husguder.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 19:13

    Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

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  • Hosea 3:4

    For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

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  • Genesis 31:30

    Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

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  • Ezekiel 21:21

    For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

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  • Genesis 35:2

    So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

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  • Genesis 31:34

    Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

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  • Judges 17:4–5

    So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

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  • Genesis 31:32

    If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

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