Text -- Genesis 31:1 (NET)

Jacob’s Flight from Laban

31:1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 31:1

¹ tn Heb “and he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying.”

² sn The Hebrew word translated “gotten rich” (כָּבוֹד, cavod) has the basic idea of “weight.” If one is heavy with possessions, then that one is wealthy (13:2). Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph all became wealthy when they left the promised land. Jacob’s wealth foreshadows what will happen to Israel when they leave the land of Egypt (Exod 12:35-38).

³ tn Heb “and from that which belonged to our father he has gained all this wealth.”