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Genesis 31:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.Genesis 31:20 · King James Version
Genesis 31:20 in context
18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- unawareslêbthe heartH3820 →
- SyrianʼĂrammîyan Aramite or AramaeanH761 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- LabanLâbânLaban, a MesopotamianH3837 →
- awaygânabto thieveH1589 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
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Here is, I. Jacob's flight from Laban. We may suppose he had been long considering of it, and casting about in his mind respecting it; but when now, at last, God had given him positive orders to go, he made no delay, nor was he disobedient to the heavenly vision.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-24