Genesis 31:22

And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob has fled,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21and he flees, he and all that he has, and rises, and passes over the River, and sets his face [toward] the Mount of Gilead.

23and he takes his brothers with him, and pursues after him a journey of seven days, and overtakes him in the Mount of Gilead.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:5And it is declared to the king of Egypt that the people have fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants is turned against the people, and they say, “What [is] this we have done, that we have sent Israel away from our service?”

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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