Genesis 31:2

Likewise, he observed that Laban’s face was not the same toward him as it was yesterday and the day before.

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In The King James Version

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

In Context

1But afterwards, he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and being enlarged by his ability, he has become famous.”

3Most importantly, the Lord was saying to him, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your generation, and I will be with you.”

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Cross References

Genesis 30:27Laban said to him: “May I find grace in your sight. I have learned by experience that God has blessed me because of you.

Deuteronomy 19:4This shall be the law of the killer who flees, whose life is to be saved. Whoever strikes down his neighbor unwillingly, and who has been proven to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before,

1 Samuel 18:9Therefore, Saul did not regard David with a good eye, from that day and thereafter.

Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury and the appearance of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated to seven times its usual fire.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:2-17

Jacob's Departure. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's… Read the whole commentary →

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