John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

20. And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban Et furatus est Jahacob cor Laban. The margin of the English translation renders the passage in the same way, “And Jacob stole away the heart of Laban.” To this translation the remards of Calvin apply. He understands the passage, however, in the sense which the English version of the text gives. — Ed.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, I. Jacob's flight from Laban. We may suppose he had been long considering of it, and casting about in his mind respecting it; but when now, at last, God had given him positive orders to go, he made no delay, nor was he disobedient to the heavenly vision.

Commenting on Genesis 31:17-24

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

So he fled with all that he had,.... His wives, his children, cattle and substance: and he rose up, and passed over the river; the river Euphrates, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it, which lay between Mesopotamia and Canaan: and set his face toward the mount Gilead: he travelled and bent his course that way: this, was a mountain on the border of the...