28. You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters good-bye. You were very foolish to do this!
29. I have the power to harm you. But last night the God of your father spoke to me. He warned me not to say anything to you, good or bad.
30. I know you want to go back to your home. But why did you steal my idols?”
31. Jacob answered Laban, “I left without telling you, because I was afraid! I thought you would take your daughters away from me.
32. If you find anyone here who has taken your idols, he will be killed! Your relatives will be my witnesses. You may look for anything that belongs to you. Take anything that is yours.” (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen Laban’s idols.)
33. So Laban looked in Jacob’s tent and in Leah’s tent. He looked in the tent where the two slave women stayed. But he did not find his idols. When he left Leah’s tent, he went into Rachel’s tent.
34. Rachel had hidden the idols inside her camel’s saddle. And she was sitting on them. Laban looked through the whole tent, but he did not find them.
35. Rachel said to her father, “Father, don’t be angry with me. I am not able to stand up before you. I am having my monthly period.” So Laban looked through the camp, but he did not find his idols.
36. Then Jacob became very angry. He said, “What wrong have I done? What law have I broken to cause you to chase me?
37. You have looked through everything I own. But you have found nothing that belongs to you. If you have found anything, show it to everyone. Put it in front of your relatives and my relatives. Then let them decide which one of us is right.