20Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he was running away.


In Context

17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,

18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he was running away.

21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

Genesis 31:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:20Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:20And Jacob would not confess to his father in law that he was flying away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:20And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he was about to depart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:20and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.