1. Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father and has gained all his wealth from him.”
2. He also noticed that Laban did not appear as friendly to him as before.
3. Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your ancestors and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
4. So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah to come out to the open country where his flocks were.
5. He said to them, “I have seen that your father isn’t as friendly to me as he was before, but the God of my father has been with me.
6. You know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father.