Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:17-24

17So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

18He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

19Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.

20And Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean, by not telling him that he intended to flee.

21He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the Euphrates, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

22When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled,

23he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him for seven days and followed close after him into the hill country of Gilead.

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

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