“And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?”
Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. Why have you hunted me down? he asked. What is my crime? What sin have I committed that you hunted me down? The anger Jacob felt but controlled in Genesis 30:2 now finds full expression. Twenty years of exploitation, a seven-day pursuit, and a false accusation of theft — the anger is legitimate and full. The application: the anger that has been managed across years of exploitation finds its appropriate expression when the pursuing accusation warrants it.
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