Genesis 31:21

Gen 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.

Ver. 21. He passed over the river. ] Euphrates; and so declined the ordinary way, that Laban might not overtake him; which yet he did. So God would have it, that he might have the greater glory of Jacob’s deliverance.