Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
15 He treats us like foreigners. He sold us, and now he has spent all the money he was paid for us.
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Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.
16 All this wealth which God has taken from our father belongs to us and to our children. Do whatever God has told you."
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Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
17 So Jacob got ready to go back to his father in the land of Canaan. He put his children and his wives on the camels, and drove all his flocks ahead of him, with everything that he had gotten in Mesopotamia.
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Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,
19 Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father.
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When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods.
20 Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving.
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Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.
21 He took everything he owned and left in a hurry. He crossed the Euphrates River and started for the hill country of Gilead.
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So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
22 Three days later Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
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On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
23 He took his men with him and pursued Jacob for seven days until he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
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Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
24 In a dream that night God came to Laban and said to him, "Be careful not to threaten Jacob in any way."
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Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
25 Jacob had set up his camp on a mountain, and Laban set up his camp with his relatives in the hill country of Gilead.
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Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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