30 This disjunctive clause (note the pattern conjunction + subject + verb) introduces a new scene. In the English translation it may be subordinated to the following clause.
31 Or “household gods.” Some translations merely transliterate the Hebrew term תְּרָפִים (térafim) as “teraphim,” which apparently refers to household idols. Some contend that possession of these idols guaranteed the right of inheritance, but it is more likely that they were viewed simply as protective deities. See M. Greenberg, “Another Look at Rachel’s Theft of the Teraphim,” 81 (1962): 239–48.

In other versions

Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s household idols and took them with her.

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the idols that belonged to her father.

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

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