Genesis 31:18-20

Good News Translation

^17-18 So Jacob got ready to go back to his father in the land of Canaan. He put his children and his wives on the camels, and drove all his flocks ahead of him, with everything that he had gotten in Mesopotamia. ¹⁹ Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father. ²⁰ Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving.