King James Version
Genesis 31:22 in the King James Version says “And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.”
Genesis 31:22 · KJV
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. unawares: Heb. the heart of Laban
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. either: Heb. from good to bad
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“And it was told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“on the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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