Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:17-24

17So Jacob got up and put his children and wives on the camels.

18He took all the livestock and possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, and he drove his herds to go to the land of Canaan, to his father Isaac.

19When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

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

21He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

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

23So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself!” God warned him. “Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

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