Rachel and the Idols

We learned in class that there could be two possiblities why Rachel took the Idols from her father Lavan after Yaakov decided to leave Lavan.

The first possibility is because she was goodhearted, and did not want her father to worship idols, therefore taking them away from him.

The second possibility was that she was still attached to those idols and wanted to take a piece of home to the new place they were going to.

I personally agree with the second posiibility to more for several reasons: Firstly, why would Rachel take the idols with her, why didnt she simply smash the idols Avraham style, since taking them would seem like such a drag and also a danger. She must have also known that Yaakov would have not been happy to see the idols so she hid them under the sattle of the camel. Rachel and Yaakov seemed to have a good relationship, therefore I think that she knew that Yaakov was true to God and not any other idols. I think Rachel simply wanted to take the idols for her own reasons and attachements. It seems to make more sense since we see from the beginning that she was attached to her father, Lavan and must have learned a lot from him. ( When she encounters Yaakov and says that she needs to go tell her father.)