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 \v 30 Now you have gone away because you longed to return to your father's house. But why did you steal my gods?"
 
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-\v 31 Jacob answered and said to Laban, "Because I was afraid and thought that you would take your daughters from me by force, I left secretly.
+\v 31 Jacob answered and said to Laban, "I fled secretly because I was afraid and thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.
 \v 32 Whoever has stolen your gods will not continue to live. In the presence of our relatives, identify whatever with me is yours and take it." For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
 
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