³⁸ Go instead to my father’s house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.’

⁴ Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

¹⁹ At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s household idols and took them with her.

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.