He took his brethren That is, his relations, and pursues Jacob to bring him back into bondage, or to strip him of what he had. They overtook him in the mount Gilead This mount was about two hundred and fifty miles from Haran; so that Jacob travelled twenty-five miles each day, and Laban, in pursuing him, thirty-seven.
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Genesis 31:23
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.