And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
He set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. A day's journey is reckoned in the East at the present day at four geographical miles, which is probably about the same distance as is denoted by that measure in Scripture (Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:27). Three days' journey will then be twelve geographical miles.