19 When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
20 And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean, not telling him that he was fleeing.
21 He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
22 On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
23 So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him at Mount Gilead.
24 But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself! ” God warned him. “Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
25 When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his brothers also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.