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Genesis 31:17

Israel

15 Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

16 Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

18 and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

19 Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
KJV
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
WEB
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
ASV
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
DARBY
And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,
BLB
And Jacob rose and lifted his sons and his wives on the camels,
ÅB
Så gjorde Jakob seg ferdig og satte sine barn og hustruer på kamelene,
OTB
Da gjorde Jakob klar sine barn og sine koner til å reise på kameler;
B1930
Så gjorde Jakob sig ferdig og satte sine barn og hustruer på kamelene,

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:61

    Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

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  • Genesis 24:10

    Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

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