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Genesis 31:23

Laban got some men, after that they followed Jacob. They followed him for 7 days towards the hilly country, in what's-its-name, in Gilead.

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In The King James Version

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

In Context

22After three days Laban heard Jacob had already gone.

24Partway along God spoke in a dream to Laban, “You just go to Jacob without fighting.”

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Cross References

Genesis 13:8Abram said to Lot, “We two are relatives. We two should stay without anger. My men and yours should stay without anger.

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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