It is in the power of my hand, &c.— And it appears very plainly, that it was as much in the inclination of his heart to do him hurt, had not God interposed, as indeed he himself confesses. Nothing can be more strongly marked than the hypocrisy of Laban, Genesis 31:27 after he found that the Almighty restrained him from doing any harm to Jacob: Speak neither good nor bad; i.e.. attempt neither to threaten nor persuade, Genesis 31:24. From Haran to Mount Gilead was above two hundred and fifty miles, so that both Jacob and Laban must have travelled expeditiously.
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Genesis 31:29
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.