Verse 20
Genesis 31:20. Stole away unawares— Heb. stole the heart of Laban. In Scripture-language the heart frequently signifies the knowledge, the understanding. Ecc 7:25 compared with Proverbs 7:7. The meaning is, that Jacob stole, secreted from Laban the knowledge of his design. The river, Pro 7:21 is the Euphrates, frequently called the River in Scripture, by way of eminence. Gilead was so called, from Jacob and Laban's covenant, Genesis 31:48. It joined to Mount Libanus, and included the mountainous region, called in the New Testament, Trachonitis.
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