Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives

Genesis 31:1-55
Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me. You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,
Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap. Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed. (mean witness heap)
Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.  It was also called Mizpah, (Mizpah means watchtower.) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 
So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac. He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.
The non-aggression pact made by Laban and Jacob has many contemporary parallels. The covenant meal seals it.
Why?
God blessed Jacob when the time comes, God told Jacob left there and went back to his home.
Even there were many things to Jacob, but under God's blessing finally, Jacob may go home with his wife and children and his prosperity. It is happy ending in Laban's home travel.
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雅各又留下來照顧拉班的羊，看似苦待雅各，但是神沒有讓他做白工，使他富足，所以當時沒有要雅各回家。神從開始就一直在照顧雅各，雖然他自己並不知道，這當中有神的管教與祝福。
神呼召雅各歸回，時間是那麼剛好。雅各馬上有動作。如果雅各在那裏不走，屬於他的羊很多，生活更好，但是環境卻是讓他們感到不想留在那裏，所以雅各想離開，拉班的兒子對雅各不好，拉班對雅各也不好。如果以色列人在埃及過的很好，以色列人怎麼會願意出埃及。雅各不屬於那裏，屬於迦南地。基督徒也不是屬於世界的，世界對於基督徒是不友善的。
立石為界，互不侵犯：拉班有能力把雅各抓回去，可以叫雅各當他奴隸。神阻擋了拉班，神以火柱將以色列人與埃及兵丁隔開。神以耶穌將我們與世界隔開。立石表示不再回去，拉班也不能不來雅各這裏。同樣的我們也不要再回到世界的，教會與世俗之間有道鴻溝。
拉結將拉班的偶像偷走，表示拉班有拜偶像。且被放在拉結的屁股下面坐著，且若真的她不潔淨。如果真的被拉班知道，一定更氣憤，羞愧。這也表示這個偶像完全被神打敗了，完全沒有用。
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How?
Laban knew that God blesses Jacob, for Jacob came with nothing and go back with so many. What I have been given by the Lord!