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Sforno on Genesis 31:3/ספורנו על בראשית ל״א:ג׳

אוַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל יַעֲקֹב שׁוּב. הוֹדִיעַ הַכָּתוּב שֶׁבְּסִבַּת שָׁלֹשׁ אֵלֶּה בָּרַח וְלֹא נָטַל רְשׁוּת מִלָּבָן, שֶׁלֹּא כְּמִנְהַג אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כָּמוֹהוּ. כִּי חָשַׁב שֶׁאַחַר שֶׁקִּבֵּל לָשׁוֹן הָרַע עָלָיו, אִם יֵדַע נְסִיעָתוֹ יִגְזְלֵהוּ, כְּאָמְרוֹ פֶּן תִּגְזֹל אֶת בְּנוֹתֶיךָ:
1!ויאמר אלוקים אל יעקב שוב, The Torah informs us that as a result of the meeting between Yaakov and his wives he fled from Charan without taking formal leave of Lavan as ordinary courtesy would have required him to do. He was convinced that in view of the fact that Lavan had accepted the badmouthing of him by his sons, he would steal some or most of his belongings before allowing him to leave. He said so himself during the confrontation in verse 31 when he expressed concern that Lavan would even have robbed him of his wives, claiming them as his seeing that they were his daughters.
בוְאֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ. שֶׁלֹּא יִקְרְךָ הֵיזֶק בַּדֶּרֶךְ:
2ואהיה עמך. So that you will not be harmed on the way.