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Genesis 31:20

American Standard Version

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

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Genesis 31:20 in other translations

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

Genesis 31:20 · World English Bible

Genesis 31:20 in context

  1. 18and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
  2. 19Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
  3. 20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
  4. 21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
  5. 22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.