²⁹ I have the power to harm you;^(A) but last night the God of your father^(B) said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’^{(C) 30} Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household.^(D) But why did you steal^(E) my gods?^(F)”

³¹ Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.^{(G) 32} But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live.^(H) 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.^(I)

³³ So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent^(J) and into the tent of the two female servants,^(K) but he found nothing.^(L) After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent. ³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the household gods^(M) and put them inside her camel’s saddle^(N) and was sitting on them. Laban searched^(O) through everything in the tent but found nothing.

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