21. So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River, heading for the hill country of Gilead.
22. Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
23. So he gathered a group of his relatives and set out in hot pursuit. He caught up with Jacob seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.
24. But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you—leave Jacob alone!”
25. Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp not far from Jacob’s.
26. “What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded. “How dare you drag my daughters away like prisoners of war?