# Because I was afraid and thought that you would take your daughters from me by force I left secretly

"I left in secret because I was afraid that you would take your daughters from me by force"

# Whoever has stolen your gods will not continue to live

This can be stated in positive form. AT: "We will kill whoever has stolen your gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])

# In the presence of our relatives

The word "our" refers to Jacob's relatives and includes Laban's relatives. All the relatives will watch to make sure everything is fair and honest. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])

# identify whatever with me is yours and take it

"look for whatever we have that is yours and take it"

# For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them

This changes from the story to background information about Jacob. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rachel]]