“And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.”
Rachel said to her father: don't be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I'm having my period. So he searched but could not find the household gods. The social prohibition against disturbing a woman during her period provides perfect cover — Laban cannot insist on searching the saddle. The application: Rachel's deception of her father uses social convention to protect herself from the consequence of her own theft. The family pattern of strategic information management continues in the next generation.
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