Genesis 31:23

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Taking his relatives with him, Laban pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

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  • Gen 13:8 : 8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no conflict between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kin.
  • Gen 24:27 : 27 He said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his steadfast love and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives."
  • Exod 2:11 : 11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.
  • Exod 2:13 : 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrew men fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, 'Why are you striking your companion?'

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    24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, 'Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'

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    26Then Laban said to Jacob, 'What have you done? You deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives taken in war.

    27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? You didn’t even let me know so I could send you away with joy and singing, to the music of tambourines and harps.

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    20Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.

    21So Jacob fled with all he had. He crossed the river and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

    22On the third day, Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.

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    36Then Jacob became angry and confronted Laban. 'What is my crime?' he asked. 'What sin have I committed that you have pursued me?

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    18He drove all his livestock and all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan Aram to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

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    33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he left Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.

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    3Then the LORD said to Jacob, 'Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.'

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    23During the night, Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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