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Laban pursues Jacob and makes a covenant in Gilead
Laban overtook Jacob in the hill country of Gilead, but God warned him not to threaten Jacob. After confronting one another, they raised a stone heap as a boundary witness and parted in peace (Genesis 31:22-55).
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📖 Genesis 31:22–24
22On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled. 23So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. 24But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
Sources: Scripture — Genesis 31:22-55
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