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God Warns Laban

24 That night, God appeared to Laban the Aramean[a] in a dream and warned him, “Be careful what you say to Jacob, whether it’s one word good or bad.” 25 Meanwhile, Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain, where Laban had caught up with him.[b] Laban and his relatives encamped on that same mountain in the hill country of Gilead, too.

26 Then Laban asked Jacob, “What did you do? You deceived me,[c] carried off my daughters like you would war captives,[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:24 In later centuries this region would be called Syria
  2. Genesis 31:25 Lit. Jacob
  3. Genesis 31:26 Lit. You stole my heart
  4. Genesis 31:26 Lit. captives of the sword