Genesis 31:20

Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean, by not telling him that he was leaving.

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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

In Context

19When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods.

21So he fled with all that he had and quickly passed over the River, and headed toward the hill country of Gilead.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:20Isaac was forty years old when he took as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Deuteronomy 26:5You must say before Yahweh your God, 'My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. He went down into Egypt and stayed there, and his people were few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

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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