Genesis 31:20
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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,

Lexicon
Moreover, Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

deceived
וַיִּגְנֹ֣ב (way·yiḡ·nōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1589: To thieve, to deceive

Laban
לָבָ֖ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

the Aramean
הָאֲרַמִּ֑י (hā·’ă·ram·mî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 761: Aramean -- an inhabitant of Aram (Syria)

by not
בְּלִי֙ (bə·lî)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

telling
הִגִּ֣יד (hig·gîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

him
ל֔וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he
הֽוּא׃ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was running away.
בֹרֵ֖חַ (ḇō·rê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly


Additional Translations
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

And Jacob hid the matter from Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.

And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he was about to depart.

Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he was running away.

and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;
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