Verse 22
Genesis 31:22
New Living Translation
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Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֻּגַּ֥ד לְ/לָבָ֖ן בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֑י כִּ֥י בָרַ֖ח יַעֲקֹֽב
English Translation
And it was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
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Chapter 31 Context
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But Jacob soon learned that Laban’s sons were grumbling about him. “Jacob has robbed our father of e...
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And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban’s attitude toward him.
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Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relative...
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So Jacob called Rachel and Leah out to the field where he was watching his flock.
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He said to them, “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me has changed. But the God (Elo...
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You know how hard I have worked for your father,
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but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God (Elohim) has not allowed him to do me an...
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For if he said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wages,’ the whole flock began to produce speckled...
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In this way, God (Elohim) has taken your father’s animals and given them to me.
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“One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the female...
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Then in my dream, the angel of God (Elohim) said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.’
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“The angel said, ‘Look up, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are...
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I am the God (Elohim) who appeared to you at Bethel, the place where you anointed the pillar of ston...
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Rachel and Leah responded, “That’s fine with us! We won’t inherit any of our father’s wealth anyway.
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He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you p...
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All the wealth God (Elohim) has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children. So...
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So Jacob put his wives and children on camels,
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and he drove all his livestock in front of him. He packed all the belongings he had acquired in Padd...
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At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s h...
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Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.
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So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River, heading for the hill cou...
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Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
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So he gathered a group of his relatives and set out in hot pursuit. He caught up with Jacob seven da...
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But the previous night God (Elohim) had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m...
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Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp no...
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“What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded. “How dare you drag my daughters away l...
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Why did you slip away secretly? Why did you deceive me? And why didn’t you say you wanted to leave?...
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Why didn’t you let me kiss my daughters and grandchildren and tell them good-bye? You have acted ver...
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I could destroy you, but the God (Elohim) of your father appeared to me last night and warned me, ‘L...
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I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father’s home. But...
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“I rushed away because I was afraid,” Jacob answered. “I thought you would take your daughters from...
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But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if yo...
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Laban went first into Jacob’s tent to search there, then into Leah’s, and then the tents of the two...
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But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sittin...
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she said to her father, “Please, sir, forgive me if I don’t get up for you. I’m having my monthly pe...
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Then Jacob became very angry, and he challenged Laban. “What’s my crime?” he demanded. “What have I...
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You have rummaged through everything I own. Now show me what you found that belongs to you! Set it o...
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“For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goat...
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If any were attacked and killed by wild animals, I never showed you the carcass and asked you to red...
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“I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.
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Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters...
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In fact, if the God (Elohim) of my father had not been on my side — the God (Elohim) of Abraham and...
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Then Laban replied to Jacob, “These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and...
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So come, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”
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So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument.
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Then he told his family members, “Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a h...
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To commemorate the event, Laban called the place Jegar-sahadutha (which means “witness pile” in Aram...
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Then Laban declared, “This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of the covenant we ha...
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But it was also called Mizpah (which means “watchtower”), for Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch b...
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If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God (Elohim) will see it even if no one el...
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“See this pile of stones,” Laban continued, “and see this monument I have set between us.
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They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, a...
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I call on the God (Elohim) of our ancestors — the God (Elohim) of your grandfather Abraham and the G...
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Then Jacob offered a sacrifice to God (Elohim) there on the mountain and invited everyone to a coven...
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Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed t...
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