As Jacob and his family are fleeing Laban, Rachel steals her father's household gods. She doesn't tell Jacob. She's hiding them under her when Laban searches.
Rachel's theft is unexplained and unresolved. The text doesn't say why she did it or if Jacob ever knew. It's a small mystery - Rachel acting on her own, taking something, committing theft and lying about it.
I'm interested in Rachel as a person with her own agenda, separate from the narrative. She's not just Jacob's wife. She has her own desires, her own secrets, her own will.
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