Who painted Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee?

Pieter Potter painted Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee in 1638.

What Bible passage does Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee depict?

Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee depicts the biblical scene from Genesis 31:5.

Where is Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee located?

Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee is housed at Museum Catharijneconvent, Lange Nieuwstraat 38, Utrecht.

Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee by Pieter Potter

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Created: 1638
Dimension: 81cm × 54cm
Method: oil on panel
Passage: Genesis 31:5
Housed at: Museum Catharijneconvent Lange Nieuwstraat 38, Utrecht

Tired of Laban's broken promises, Jacob decides to leave his uncle's land. Here he informs his wives Rachel and Leah and convinces them to join him. They immediately agree, as Laban had mistreated them as well. Also, God had instructed Jacob to return to the land of his fathers.

Pieter Potter was a Dutch painter, father of the better known Paulus. He depicted the episode in a pastoral landscape.