When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

I will take nothing except what the servants have eaten. But as for the share of the men who came with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—they can take their share.”

Laban said to him, “Just because you’re my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two female slaves, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.

Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of the camel, and sat on them. Laban searched the whole tent but found nothing.

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”