18. and he drove off all his livestock and all the property he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
19. Now Laban was away shearing his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father’s household images.
20. Jacob had hoodwinked Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was going to flee.
21. Thus he fled with all that he had. Once he was across the Euphrates, he headed for the hill country of Gilead.