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Genesis 31:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 23
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.Genesis 31:23 · King James Version
Genesis 31:23 in context
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.
23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- overtookdâbaqproperly, to impingeH1692 →
- pursuedrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- journeydereka roadH1870 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- days'yôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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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