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22 Three days later, somebody reported to Laban that Jacob had left, 23 so he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob. Laban[a] was on the road for seven days when he finally caught up with Jacob[b] in the hill country of Gilead.

God Warns Laban

24 That night, God appeared to Laban the Aramean[c] in a dream and warned him, “Be careful what you say to Jacob, whether it’s one word good or bad.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:23 Lit. He
  2. Genesis 31:23 Lit. him
  3. Genesis 31:24 In later centuries this region would be called Syria