17. Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on the camels.
18. And he drove all his livestock and his possessions that he had acquired, the livestock of his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-Aram, in order to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
19. Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the idols that belonged to her father.
20. And Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he intended to flee.
21. Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
22. And on the third day it was told to Laban that Jacob had fled.
23. Then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after him, a seven-day journey, and he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
24. And God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Take care that you not speak with Jacob, whether good or evil.”
25. And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his kinsmen pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.