This custom may explain why the patriarch Jacob’s wife Rachel took the family gods, or “teraphim, ” belonging to her father, Laban, when Jacob’s family moved away.
Kebiasaan ini menjelaskan mengapa Rahel, istri sang patriark Yakub, mengambil dewa - dewa keluarga, atau ” terafim ”, milik bapaknya, Laban, ketika keluarga Yakub pindah.