Genesis 29:9

29:9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them. ¹ 

Genesis 31:19

31:19 While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, ²  Rachel stole the household idols ³  that belonged to her father.

Genesis 29:12

29:12 When Jacob explained ⁴  to Rachel that he was a relative of her father ⁵  and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

[29:9]  ¹ tn Heb “was a shepherdess.”

[31:19]  ² tn This disjunctive clause (note the pattern conjunction + subject + verb) introduces a new scene. In the English translation it may be subordinated to the following clause.

[31:19]  ³ tn Or “household gods.” Some translations merely transliterate the Hebrew term תְּרָפִים (tÿrafim) as “teraphim,” which apparently refers to household idols. Some contend that possession of these idols guaranteed the right of inheritance, but it is more likely that they were viewed simply as protective deities. See M. Greenberg, “Another Look at Rachel’s Theft of the Teraphim,” JBL 81 (1962): 239-48.

[29:12]  ³ tn Heb “declared.”

[29:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “that he [was] the brother of her father.”