Gen 31:36-42 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 31:36-42: 31:36-42 Jacob retaliated by accusing Laban of false charges and humiliation. Laban now became the defendant, for his charges were demeaning and apparently groundless.

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‏ Genesis 31:36-42

Summary for Gen 31:36-42: 31:36-42 ^a Jacob retaliated by accusing Laban of false charges and humiliation. Laban now became the defendant, for his charges were demeaning and apparently groundless.
31:40 ^b Jacob, who preferred domestic life (25:27 ^c), had for twenty years endured the rigors of the outdoors that Esau had loved.
31:42 ^d The God that Isaac feared (see textual note) was with Jacob (31:3 ^e), had seen his hard work and faithfulness despite Laban’s abuse, and had rewarded Jacob. Laban’s dream only proved to Jacob that he was in the right.