Genesis 31:22

When it was reported to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled,

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

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21So he fled with all he had; crossing the river Euphrates heading towards the hill-country of Gilead.

23he took his tribesmen with him, and pursued him for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

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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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