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Genesis 31:21-23
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 31:21-23
New Catholic Bible
21 This way he was able to go with all his possessions. He rose, crossed the river,[a] and traveled toward the mountains of Gilead.
22 Laban Pursues Jacob.[b] On the third day, Laban was told that Jacob had fled. 23 He took his kinsmen with him and followed him for seven days. He caught up to him in the mountains of Gilead.
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- Genesis 31:21 The river was the Euphrates. Gilead is the mountainous region east of the Jordan.
- Genesis 31:22 The greedy uncle pursues Jacob in anger, but Rachel saves the situation through guile and Jacob takes offense at Laban’s bad faith. The latter finally resigns himself to deal with Jacob, and an agreement is concluded concerning the relations and the pasture rights between Aram and Israel in the Transjordan. Thus, an account, which is not lacking in humor, justifies once again the rightness of Jacob—and of Israel.
