Génesis 31:23

23 Entonces él reunió a un grupo de sus parientes y emprendió la búsqueda. Alcanzó a Jacob siete días después en la zona montañosa de Galaad;

Génesis 31:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:23

And he took his brethren with him
Some of his relations, the descendants of his father's brethren, the sons of Nahor, of whom there were seven, besides Bethuel; and who all perhaps lived in Haran the city of Nahor, see ( Genesis 22:20-24 ) ; or some of his neighbours and acquaintance whom he might call to: and pursued after him seven days' journey;
which must be reckoned, not from Jacob's departure from Haran, but from Laban's; for Laban being three days' journey from thence, whither he had to return, after he received the news of Jacob being gone; Jacob must have travelled six days before Laban set out with his brethren from Haran; so that this was, as Ben Gerson conjectures, the thirteenth day of Jacob's travel; for Laban not having cattle to drive as Jacob, could travel as fast again as he, and do that in seven days which took up Jacob thirteen: and they overtook him in the mount Gilead;
said to be three hundred and eighty miles from Haran ^F5.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Bunting's Travels, p. 72.

Génesis 31:23 In-Context

21 De ese modo Jacob se llevó todas sus pertenencias y cruzó el río Éufrates
en dirección a la zona montañosa de Galaad.

22 Labán persigue a Jacob
Tres días después, le avisaron a Labán que Jacob había huido.

23 Entonces él reunió a un grupo de sus parientes y emprendió la búsqueda. Alcanzó a Jacob siete días después en la zona montañosa de Galaad;

24 pero la noche anterior, Dios se le había aparecido a Labán el arameo en un sueño y le había dicho: «Te advierto que dejes en paz a Jacob».

25 Labán alcanzó a Jacob, quien acampaba en la zona montañosa de Galaad, y armó su campamento no muy lejos del campamento de Jacob.