John Calvin Commentary Genesis 31:23

"And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days` journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead." — Genesis 31:23 (ASV)

And pursued him seven days’ journey. Since Laban's cruelty was now appeased, or at least restrained, he did not dare to threaten severely; but laying aside his ferocity, he resorted to feigned and hypocritical flattery. He complains that an injury had been done to him because he had been kept in ignorance of Jacob’s departure, whom he would rather have sent off with customary tokens of joy, as a token of his paternal affection.

Thus hypocrites, when the power of inflicting injury is taken away from them, heap false complaints upon the good and simple, as if the blame rested with them.

Therefore, if at any time wicked and treacherous men, when they have unjustly harassed us, offer some pretext of fairness on their own part, we must endure the injustice. This is not because a just defense is to be entirely omitted. Rather, it is because we find it inevitable that perverse men, ever ready to speak evil, will shamelessly cast upon us the blame for crimes of which we are innocent. Meanwhile, we must prudently guard against giving them the opportunity against us that they seek.