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Genesis 31:20

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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

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  1. Genesis 31:18

    And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  2. Genesis 31:19

    And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

  3. Genesis 31:21

    So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

  4. Genesis 31:22

    And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

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