Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 31:17-18

"Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan." — Genesis 31:17-18 (ASV)

Jacob rose up. —This was the final result of Jacob’s deliberation with his wives, but it did not take place until the time of sheep-shearing. Jacob must have prepared his plans very carefully to be able to leave none of his wealth behind; but he would be greatly helped in this by the fact that his own headquarters were thirty or forty miles distant from Haran (Genesis 30:36).