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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 31:50

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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31:50-53 Laban added some face-saving stipulations to the treaty, using many words to cover up his own untrustworthiness and portray Jacob as the unethical party. He even took credit for the monument Jacob had erected (this monument I have set, 31:51). The women and children would be much safer and better cared for with Jacob than they ever were with Laban.
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