◄ Genesis 31:20 ►
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Good News Translation
Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving.

New Revised Standard Version
And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by not saying that he intended to leave.

New American Bible
Jacob had hoodwinked Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was going to flee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jacob would not confess to his father-in-law that he was flying away.

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And Jacob would not confess to his father-in-law that he was flying away.

unawares to Laban.

Genesis 31:27 Why wouldst thou run away privately, and not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on the way with joy, and with songs, and with timbrels, and with harps?

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Genesis 31:20 And Jacob would not confess to his father-in-law that he was flying away.

Context
Jacob Flees from Laban
…19At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols. 20And Jacob would not confess to his father-in-law that he was flying away.21And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad,…
Cross References
Genesis 25:20
Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.

Genesis 31:19
At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.

Genesis 31:21
And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad,

Genesis 31:19
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