seekeroftruth
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Genesis 31:31 Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force. 32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. 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.
Jacob just imposed a death sentence on Rachel.... Oh No!
This is from the easy English commentary.
The writer writes in a very clever way here. We know that Rachel stole the gods from the household at the beginning. And the writer makes us wonder whether Laban will find the idols. We wonder what will happen. But we have to wait for a while before we can know that