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Genesis 31:20

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

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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.

Genesis 31:20 · American Standard Version

Genesis 31:20 in context

  1. 18and 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.
  2. 19Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
  3. 20Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.
  4. 21So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
  5. 22Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.