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Commentary for Genesis 31:2

וַיַּ֥רְא יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י לָבָ֑ן וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵינֶ֛נּוּ עִמּ֖וֹ כִּתְמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

Sforno on Genesis

Yaakov saw Lavan’s face. He saw that he had accepted his sons’ slander.
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Or HaChaim on Genesis

וירא יעקב…ויאמר ה׳ אל יעקב. Jacob saw, etc….G'd said to Jacob. We need to analyse how these two verses are connected to one another.
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Radak on Genesis

וירא את פני לבן, he could see it in his face, for he was not hiding his feelings While Yaakov was still debating with himself about what he kept hearing and seeing, G’d addressed him in a dream.
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Or HaChaim on Genesis

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