OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Genesis 31:23

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

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Genesis 31:20–26

20

Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.

21

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

22

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

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

24

God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”

25

Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

26

Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

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