Study it in the app“Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them in the saddle of the camel and sat on them. Laban felt through the whole tent but did not find them.”
Now Rachelוְרָחֵלhad takenלָקְחָהthe teraphimאֶת הַתְּרָפִיםand put themוַתְּשִׂמֵםin the saddleבְּכַרof the camelהַגָּמָלand satוַתֵּשֶׁבon them.עֲלֵיהֶםLabanלָבָןfelt throughוַיְמַשֵּׁשׁthe wholeאֶת כָּלtentהָאֹהֶלbut did notוְלֹאfind them.מָצָא
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakcha” appearshousehold gods
Teraphim: images of gods kept in the home. The Bible counts them among idols (1 Samuel 15:23; Zechariah 10:2).
Where else “terafim” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tesime” appearssaddle
What is put on a camel for riding.
Where else “char” appearscamel
Camel.
Where else “gamal” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “teshev” appearsLaban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appearssearch
To search among things.
Where else “yemashesh” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsa” appears33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two slave women, but he did not find them. He came out of Leah’s tent and went into Rachel’s tent.
34 · This verse (above)
35She said to her father, “Do not let my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the teraphim.
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?
