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Jacob Decides to Leave Laban

31 Now Jacob[a] used to listen while Laban’s sons kept on complaining,[b] “Jacob has taken over everything our father owns! He made himself wealthy from what belongs to our father!” Jacob also noticed that the way[c] Laban had been looking at him wasn’t as nice as it had been just two days earlier.[d]

Then the Lord ordered Jacob, “Go back to your father’s territory and to your relatives. I’ll be with you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:1 Lit. He
  2. Genesis 31:1 Lit. saying
  3. Genesis 31:2 Lit. face
  4. Genesis 31:2 Lit. been the day before yesterday