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Genesis 31:20
Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.
Genesis 31:20 · World English Bible
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Genesis 31:20 in other translations
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he was running away.
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In context
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
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.
23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
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