Jacob Makes His Move in Genesis 31

Troubled by Laban’s wickedness, Jacob decided to flee with Rachel, Leah, their servants and maid servants; including their livestock and livelihood.

G-d cautioned Laban not to act wickedly against Jacob.

The blessings of the Jews are clearly seen since the ancient time until to date, despite hatred all-around them lingers constantly.

G-d’s chosen people are the Jews. And it will prevail and remain that way.

“The Decision to Flee from Laban”
“G-d’s Warning to Laban”
“Confrontation of Jacob and Laban”

And Hashem said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your native land, and I will be with you.”
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… but the God of my father was with me.
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yet your father mocked me and changed my wage a hundred times, but God did not permit him to harm me.
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And an angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’
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I am the God of Beth-el where you anointed a pillar and where you made Me a vow. Now – arise, leave this land and return to your native land.’”
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… so now, whatever God has said to you, do.”
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But God had come to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Beware lest you speak with Jacob either good or bad.”
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It is in my power to do you all harm; but the God of your father addressed me last night, saying, ‘Beware of speaking with Jacob either good or bad.’
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This is my twenty years in your household: I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flocks; and you changed my wage a hundred times.
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Had not the God of my father – the God of Abraham and the Dread of Isaac – been with me, you would surely have now sent me away empty handed; God saw my wretchedness and the toil of my hands, so He admonished you last night.”
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May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor judge between us – the god of their father.” And Jacob swore by the Dread of his father Isaac.
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1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken all that belonged to our father, and from what belonged to our father, he has amassed this entire fortune.”
2 And Jacob saw Laban’s countenance, that he was not disposed toward him as [he had been] yesterday and the day before.
3 And the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your forefathers and to your birthplace, and I will be with you.”
4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flocks.
5 And he said to them, “I see your father’s countenance, that he is not disposed toward me [as he was] yesterday and the day before, but the God of my father was with me.
6 And you know that with all my might I served your father.
7 But your father mocked me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me.
8 If he would say thus, ‘Speckled ones shall be your wages,’ all the animals would bear speckled ones, and if he would say thus, ‘Ringed ones shall be your wages,’ all the animals would bear ringed ones.
9 Thus, God separated your father’s livestock and gave it to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time the animals came into heat, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the he goats that mounted the animals were ringed, speckled, and striped.
11 And an angel of God said to me in a dream, ‘Jacob!’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’
12 And he said, ‘Now lift your eyes and see [that] all the he goats mounting the animals are ringed, speckled, and striped, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
13 I am the God of Beth el, where you anointed a monument, where you pronounced to Me a vow. Now, arise, go forth from this land and return to the land of your birth.’”
14 And Rachel and Leah replied and said to him, “Do we still have a share or an inheritance in our father’s house?
15 Are we not considered by him as strangers, for he sold us and also consumed our money?
16 But all the wealth that God separated from our father is ours and our children’s. So now, all that God said to you, do.”
17 So Jacob rose, and he lifted up his sons and his wives upon the camels.
18 And he led all his livestock and all his possessions that he had acquired, the purchase of his acquisition, which he had acquired in Padan aram, to come to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and [meanwhile] Rachel stole her father’s teraphim.
20 And Jacob concealed from Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.
21 So he and all that were his fled, and he arose and crossed the river, and he directed his face toward Mount Gilead.
22 On the third day, Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
23 So he took his kinsmen with him, and he pursued him seven days’ journey, and he overtook him at Mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night, and He said to him, “Beware lest you speak with Jacob either good or evil.”
25 And Laban overtook Jacob, and Jacob pitched his tent on the mountain, and Laban pitched with his kinsmen on Mount Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you concealed from me, and led away my daughters like prisoners of war?
27 Why have you fled secretly, and concealed from me, and not told me? I would have sent you away with joy and with songs, and with drum and with harp.
28 And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and daughters. Now, you have acted foolishly.
29 I have the power to inflict harm upon you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Beware of speaking with Jacob either good or bad.’
30 But now, you have gone away, for you longed for your father’s house, [but]why have you stolen my gods?”
31 And Jacob replied, and he said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, because I said, ‘Lest you steal your daughters from me.’
32 The one with whom you find your gods shall not live. In the presence of our brothers, recognize for yourself what is with me, and take [it] for yourself.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
33 So Laban entered Jacob’s tent and Leah’s tent and the tent[s] of the two handmaids, but he did not find [them]; and he had come out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
34 But Rachel had taken the teraphim and placed them into the camel saddle and sat upon them; so Laban felt about the entire tent but did not find [them].
35 And she said to her father, “Let my lord not be annoyed, for I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched, but did not find the teraphim.
36 And Jacob was annoyed, and he quarreled with Laban, and he said to Laban, “What is my transgression? What is my sin, that you have pursued me?
37 For you have felt about all my things. What have you found of all the utensils of your house? Put it here, in the presence of my kinsmen and your kinsmen, and let them decide between the two of us.
38 Already twenty years have I been with you, and your ewes and she goats have not aborted, neither have I eaten the rams of your flocks.
39 I have not brought home to you anything torn [by other animals]; I would suffer its loss; from my hand you would demand it, what was stolen by day and what was stolen at night.
40 I was [in the field] by day when the heat consumed me, and the frost at night, and my sleep wandered from my eyes.
41 This is twenty years that I have spent in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your animals, and you changed my wages ten times.
42 Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, been for me, you would now have sent me away empty handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and He reproved [you] last night.”
43 And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the animals are my animals, and all that you see is mine. Now, what would I do to these daughters of mine today, or to their children, whom they have borne?
44 So now, come, let us form a covenant, you and I, and may He be a witness between me and you.”
45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up [as] a monument.
46 And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones,” and they took stones and made a pile, and they ate there by the pile.
47 And Laban called it Yegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Gal ed.
48 And Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you today.” Therefore, he called it Gal ed.
49 And Mizpah, because he said, “May the Lord look between me and you when we are hidden from each other.
50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters when no one is with us, behold! God is a witness between me and you.”
51 And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold this pile and behold this monument, which I have cast between me and you.
52 This pile is a witness, and this monument is a witness, that I will not pass this pile [to go] to you and that you shall not pass this pile and this monument to [come to] me to [do] harm.
53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor judge between us, the god of their father.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
54 And Jacob slaughtered a slaughtering on the mountain, and he invited his friends to eat a meal, and they ate bread and lodged on the mountain.