25 So Laban overtook Jacob.
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his
brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you
have stolen away unknown to me, and
carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword?
27 “Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me,
and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbre
and harp?
28 “And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my
daughters. Now you have done foolishly
in so doing.
29 “It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your
father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob
neither good nor bad.’
30 “And now you have surely gone because you greatly long
for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”
31 Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was
afraid, for I said, ‘Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.’
32 “With whomever you find your gods, do not let him
live. In the presence of our brethren,
identify what I have of yours and take it with you.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen
them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and
into the two maids’ tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered
Rachel’s tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the household idols put them in the
camel’s saddle, and sat on them. And Laban
searched all about the tent but did not find them.
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