Genesis 31:1
Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.”
I could imagine this could be a dangerous place to be in for Jacob, knowing Laban’s sons are resentful toward him.
From John Gill: and it was so far true what they say, that it was out of their father’s flock that Jacob got all his increase; but then it was according to a covenant that Laban and he entered into, and therefore was obtained in a just and lawful manner. But as another commentator says, envy distorts everything.
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