Genesis 31:20

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 25:20

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 31:19

Now Laban was away shearing his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father’s household images.

Genesis 31:21

Thus he fled with all that he had. Once he was across the Euphrates, he headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:27

Why did you dupe me by stealing away secretly? You did not tell me! I would have sent you off with joyful singing to the sound of tambourines and harps.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall declare in the presence of the Lord, your God, “My father was a refugee Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as a resident alien. But there he became a nation great, strong and numerous.