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- Embed this notice@BowsacNoodle Almost certainly - in ESV, the same terminology is used of Sarah in Gen 18.
I never really understood the purpose of the household idols segment. Is this suggesting that Rachel was not as devout as she should have been (tying in with the bit where Jacob is buried with Leah, but Rachel is buried elsewhere)? Is Rachel trying to keep her father from idolatry? Were these symbolic objects representing birthright, pairing with Jacob's relationship with Esau?