Genesis 31:23
So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
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- Gen 13:8 : 8 Abram said to Lot,“Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.
- Gen 24:27 : 27 saying“Praised be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The LORD has led me to the house of my master’s relatives!”
- Exod 2:11 : 11 The Presumption of the Deliverer In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people.
- Exod 2:13 : 13 When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong,“Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?”
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- Gen 31:24-274 verses86%
24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him,“Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”
25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.
26“What have you done?” Laban demanded of Jacob.“You’ve deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!
27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?
- Gen 31:20-223 verses81%
20Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving.
21He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
22Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left.
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36Jacob became angry and argued with Laban.“What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban.“What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?
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13When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him.
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18He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.
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47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
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33So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.
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36Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- Gen 31:3-42 verses72%
3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”
4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
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1Jacob’s Flight from Laban Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining,“Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
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23He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.
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44Live with him for a little while until your brother’s rage subsides.
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55(32:1) Early in the morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home.
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1The Marriages of Jacob So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.
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17The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.