18. He took all the livestock and possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, and he drove his herds to go to the land of his father Isaac in Canaan.
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.
26. Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and taken my daughters away like prisoners of war!
27. Why did you secretly flee from me, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and lyres,