Objects
household-idols
Rachel appropriates Laban's household idols when Jacob flees Paddan-Aram; in Genesis 35 Jacob has his household surrender all such foreign gods, which he buries under the oak near Shechem.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 31:19
Tags
2
Scripture references
- Genesis 31:19
Rachel in the meanwhile had appropriated the household idols belonging to her father,
- Genesis 31:30
Now it may be you really went because you had such a longing for your father's house, but why did you steal my gods?'
- Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them inside a camel cushion, and was sitting on them.
- Genesis 31:35
Laban searched but did not find the idols.
- Genesis 35:2
Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, 'Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you; cleanse yourselves, and change your clothes.'
- Genesis 35:4
They gave Jacob all the foreign gods in their possession, and the earrings that they were wearing. Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.