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Genesis 31:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

19 Now Laban was away shearing his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father’s household images.[a](A)

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  1. 31:19 Household images: in Hebrew, teraphim, figurines used in divination (Ez 21:26; Zec 10:2). Laban calls them his “gods” (v. 30). The traditional translation “idols” is avoided because it suggests false gods, whereas Genesis seems to accept the fact that the ancestors did not always live according to later biblical religious standards and laws.
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