Gen 31

:1 Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father."

:2 And Jacob noticed that Laban's attitude toward him was not what it had been.

:3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

→ Then : People see what they want to see, and hear what they want to hear

After Jacob experiencing negative responses from his relatives, THEN he heard Lord said to him to leave.
c.f) Dream of what we’ve experienced either consciously or unconsciously.

↔ From the perspective of everything is under God's plan,

1. The negative responses were planned by God

2. The way of feelings that Jacob felt - to leave - after facing up with his relatives was forced by God

c.f> Gen20:6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. - God blocked Abimelech to commit a crime against God by controlling circumstances.

Q7> Household gods(Gen 31:19 / Judg 17:5 / Hos 3:4)
*Commentary
- Used them for divination
- Could be used to substantiate legal claims to the inheritance of property
- There is nothing in the Genesis text that indicates why Laban’s teraphim were so important to him.
- Later, it was condemned(Zech 10:2)