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Genesis 31:25 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 25
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.Genesis 31:25 · King James Version
Genesis 31:25 in context
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.
26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- overtooknâsagto reachH5381 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- pitchedtâqaʻto clatterH8628 →
- LabanLâbânLaban, a MesopotamianH3837 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- mounthara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
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We have here the reasoning, not to say the rallying, that took place between Laban and Jacob at their meeting, in that mountain which was afterwards called Gilead, Gen 31:25. Here is, I. The high charge which Laban exhibited against him. He accuses him, 1. As a renegade that had unjustly deserted his service.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-35