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Genesis 31:24

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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.”

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Genesis 31:24 in other translations

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Genesis 31:24 · American Standard Version

Genesis 31:24 in context

  1. 22Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
  2. 23He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
  3. 24God 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.”
  4. 25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
  5. 26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?