Genesis 31:24
And God went in unto Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night,—and said to him Take heed to thyself that thou speak not with Jacob either good or bad.
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Genesis 20:3Then God went in unto Abimelech, in a dream of the night,—and said to him, Behold thee dead! because of the woman whom thou hast taken, seeing that, she, is a married woman.
Genesis 28:5So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he took his journey to Padan-aram,—unto Laban son of Bethuel, the Syrian, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 31:29It is in the power of my hand, to deal with thee for harm,—but the God of your father, last night, spake unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not with Jacob, either good or bad.
Genesis 40:5And they dreamed a dream they two, each man, his dream in one night, each man, according to the interpretation of his dream,—the butler and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the prison.
Numbers 12:6Then said he Hear, I beseech you my words. When ye have your prophet, As Yahweh in a vision, will I make myself known, unto him; In a dream, will I speak with him.
Numbers 22:26And the messenger of Yahweh went on further, and took his stand in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn to the right hand or to the left.
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 →