Genesis 31:32

31:32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! ¹  In the presence of our relatives ²  identify whatever is yours and take it.” ³  (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) ⁴ 

Genesis 31:34

31:34 (Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel’s saddle ⁵  and sat on them.) ⁶  Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “With whomever you find your gods, he will not live.”

² tn Heb “brothers.”

³ tn Heb “recognize for yourself what is with me and take for yourself.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ 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.”

⁶ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides another parenthetical statement necessary to the storyline.

⁷ tn The word “them” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.