Why Jacob's Tent Was Rachel's and the Teraphim Became Feathers

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 31:33

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"Into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent," etc. (Genesis 31:33). "Jacob's tent" — this is Rachel's tent, for he was accustomed to it more than to Leah's, and he had no separate tent of his own. In his great deceit he searched again and left nothing unrummaged, and he searched once more in the camel's cushion; and a miracle was done for Rachel, and the teraphim became a cushion full of feathers.

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DeceptionPatriarchsJacobMatriarchsMiracles

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