Genesis 31:19
And while Laban was gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household gods that were her father’s.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
In Context
20So Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean – he did not tell him that he was going to flee.
Cross References
Genesis 31:30But now, since you are surely going because you long so earnestly for your father’s house, why have you stolen my gods?”
Genesis 31:34Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel’s saddle and was sitting on them, so that when Laban had searched all about the tent, he did not find them.
Genesis 38:13Someone told Tamar, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:18-25
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the… Read the whole commentary →