Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:14-20

14Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?

15Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.

16Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

17Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,

18and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

19When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

20Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.

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