Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 31:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
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Role in This Section
The secret flight becomes known to Laban on the third day, beginning the pursuit movement.
Read It With
- Genesis 31:22–42
Read verses 22–25. The report begins the pursuit; verse 23 shows Laban mobilizing and overtaking Jacob; verse 24 places God's warning before the confrontation. Verse 22 alone does not reveal Laban's response or the danger.
Why It Needs Context
This timing notice starts a connected pursuit-and-restraint sequence and does not carry an independent application.
Read Genesis 31:22–25 together
Why these verses belong together: The report, pursuit, divine warning, and meeting of camps create one danger-and-restraint movement.
Verse 22. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Verse 23. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
Verse 24. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Verse 25. 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 31:22–42 — Laban Pursues and Searches Jacob's CampSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, unit boundary, pursuit, warning, accusations, search, labor defense, later narrative, shepherd-liability, and menstrual-purity comparisons.
Exact location: Genesis 31:22–42 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 28:10–22; 29:15–30; 30:25–43; 31:1–21, 43–55; 35:1–20; Exodus 22:10–13; and Leviticus 15:19–23
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew idioms, knowledge states, search language, physical labor terms, divine title, and final divine-action wording.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 31:22–42; morphology and wording for pursued, good or bad, power of my hand, longed, take by force, let him not live, camel equipment, way of women, chode, judge, torn, heat, cold, Fear of Isaac, affliction, labor, and rebuked
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