Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
Jacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan. This resolution he took up upon a just provocation, by divine direction, and with the advice and consent of his wives. I.
Commenting on Genesis 31:1-16
And it came to pass, at the time that the cattle conceived,.... Whether in spring or in autumn cannot be said, for it seems this was twice a year; this probably was at the beginning of the six years' servitude, or just before the agreement was made between Laban and Jacob, and was an instruction to the latter how to make his bargain with the...
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me. (c) This declares that the thing Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit.