Jacob Met With Esau For The First Time After Stealing His Birthright, 20 Years Back

Laban came into sight of Jacob in the mount Gilead.  Laban decided to confront Jacob the next day.  So they camped for the night. That night God came to Laban in a dream and said to him: 'Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.' So Laban did take heed and when he met with Jacob the next morning, they sorted their differences in a calm and...

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Jacob planned to move on ... and Laban tried to cheat him

So Jacob cornered Laban and asked him to set him free, because Jacob wanted to go back to Canaan with everything he had.  He wanted his own place. Laban didn't like the sound of that, because Laban knew that he was living under God's goodwill as long as Jacob was with him. So he tried to convince Jacob to stay.  He offered Jacob any wage that Jacob wanted. ...

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