Genesis 31:22

On the third day Laban was told 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 that he had and quickly passed over the River, and headed toward the hill country of Gilead.

23So he took his relatives with him and pursued him for a seven days' journey. He overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:5When the king of Egypt was told that the Israelites had fled, the minds of Pharaoh and his servants turned against the people. They said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

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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