Genesis 31:22

22 Not until the third day was Lavan told that Ya'akov had fled.

Genesis 31:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:22

And it was told Laban on the third day, that Jacob was fled.
] Three days after Jacob was gone he had the report of it, by some means or another; by some of his neighbours, or servants left at home, and sooner he could not well have it, since the flock he went to shear was three days' distance from Jacob's, ( Genesis 30:36 ) .

Genesis 31:22 In-Context

20 and Ya'akov outwitted Lavan the Arami by not telling him of his intended flight.

21 So he fled with everything he had: he departed, crossed the [Euphrates] River and set out for the hill-country of Gil'ad.

22 Not until the third day was Lavan told that Ya'akov had fled.

23 Lavan took his kinsmen with him and spent the next seven days pursuing Ya'akov, overtaking him in the hill-country of Gil'ad.

24 But God came to Lavan the Arami in a dream that night and said to him, "Be careful that you don't say anything to Ya'akov, either good or bad."