Genesis 31:22

Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had run away.

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In The King James Version

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

In Context

21So Jacob left in a hurry with everything he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed towards the hill country of Gilead.

23Taking some of his relatives with him, he chased after Jacob and caught up with him seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:5When the king of Egypt found out that the Israelites had left in a hurry, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about what had happened and said, “What have we done? We have let all these Israelite slaves go!”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:18-25

17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the… Read the whole commentary →

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