Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and hidden them in the camel's saddle, then sat on top of them. Laban searched through the entire tent, but he couldn't find them.
Rachel secretly stole her father's household gods and cleverly hid them by sitting on them while he searched everywhere for them.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative of Genesis, Jacob was fleeing from his father-in-law Laban after years of working for him and experiencing mutual deception, as Jacob sought to return to his homeland with his family. Rachel, Jacob's wife, stole her father's household idols, known as teraphim, which were common in ancient Near Eastern cultures as symbols of family gods, inheritance rights, or protection. When Laban pursued and searched the tents, Rachel hid these idols by sitting on them, demonstrating the cultural tensions and personal risks involved in such family disputes.
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