Genesis 31:23-30
31:23 So he took his relatives
with him and pursued Jacob
for seven days.
He caught up with
him in the hill country of Gilead.
31:24 But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him,
“Be careful
that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”
31:25 Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.
31:26 “What have you done?” Laban demanded of Jacob. “You’ve deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!
31:27 Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?
31:28 You didn’t even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren good-bye. You have acted foolishly!
31:29 I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, ‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
31:30 Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”