Genesis 31:20

New English Translation

Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving.

Cross References

Genesis 25:20

When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 31:19

While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

Genesis 31:21

He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.