Genesis 31:22

Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

23He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:5The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go 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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