19. While Laban was gone to cut the wool from his sheep, Rachel stole the idols that belonged to him.
20. And Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was leaving.
21. Jacob and his family left quickly, crossed the Euphrates River, and traveled toward the mountains of Gilead.
22. Three days later Laban learned that Jacob had run away,
23. so he gathered his relatives and began to chase him. After seven days Laban found him in the mountains of Gilead.
24. That night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and said, “Be careful! Do not say anything to Jacob, good or bad.”
25. So Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had made his camp in the mountains, so Laban and his relatives set up their camp in the mountains of Gilead.
26. Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You cheated me and took my daughters as if you had captured them in a war.