Kejadian 31:30

31:30 Now I understand that ¹  you have gone away ²  because you longed desperately ³  for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?” ⁴ 

Kejadian 31:32

31:32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! ⁵  In the presence of our relatives ⁶  identify whatever is yours and take it.” ⁷  (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) ⁸ 

Kejadian 31:34-35

31:34 (Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel’s saddle ⁹  and sat on them.) ¹⁰  Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them. ¹¹  31:35 Rachel ¹²  said to her father, “Don’t be angry, ¹³  my lord. I cannot stand up ¹⁴  in your presence because I am having my period.” ¹⁵  So he searched thoroughly, ¹⁶  but did not find the idols.

[31:30]  ¹ tn Heb “and now.” The words “I understand that” have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[31:30]  ² tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the certainty of the action.

[31:30]  ³ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of emotion involved.

[31:30]  ⁴ sn Yet why did you steal my gods? This last sentence is dropped into the speech rather suddenly. See C. Mabee, “Jacob and Laban: The Structure of Judicial Proceedings,” VT 30 (1980): 192-207, and G. W. Coats, “Self-Abasement and Insult Formulas,” JBL 91 (1972): 90-92.

[31:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “With whomever you find your gods, he will not live.”

[31:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”

[31:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “recognize for yourself what is with me and take for yourself.”

[31:32]  ⁸ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, it has been placed in parentheses in the translation.

[31:34]  ⁹ tn The “camel’s saddle” was probably some sort of basket-saddle, a cushioned saddle with a basket bound on. Cf. NAB “inside a camel cushion.”

[31:34]  ¹⁰ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides another parenthetical statement necessary to the storyline.

[31:34]  ¹¹ tn The word “them” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[31:35]  ¹² tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rachel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:35]  ¹³ tn Heb “let it not be hot in the eyes of my lord.” This idiom refers to anger, in this case as a result of Rachel’s failure to stand in the presence of her father as a sign of respect.

[31:35]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I am unable to rise.”

[31:35]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the way of women is to me.” This idiom refers to a woman’s menstrual period.

[31:35]  ¹⁶ tn The word “thoroughly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.