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# Because I was afraid and thought that you would take your daughters from me by force I left secretly
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"I left in secret because I was afraid that you would take your daughters from me by force"
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# Whoever has stolen your gods will not continue to live
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This can be stated in positive form. AT: "We will kill whoever has stolen your gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# In the presence of our relatives
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The word "our" refers to Jacob's relatives and includes Laban's relatives. All the relatives will watch to make sure everything is fair and honest. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# identify whatever with me is yours and take it
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"look for whatever we have that is yours and take it"
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# For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them
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This changes from the story to background information about Jacob. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rachel]]
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