Genesis 31:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 25:20

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

Genesis 31:19

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all that he had; starting out he crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:27

Why did you flee secretly and deceive me and not tell me? I would have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre.

Deuteronomy 26:5

you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.