Genesis 31:21
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
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
- So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
- KJV
- So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
- WEB
- So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
- ASV
- So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
- DARBY
- And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] mount Gilead.
- BLB
- And he fled—he and all that [was] unto him—and He rose and he passed over the River and set his face [toward] the hill country of Gilead.
- ÅB
- Så flyktet han med alt det han hadde; han gjorde seg ferdig og satte over elven[^1] og tok veien til Gileadfjellet.
- OTB
- Så flyktet han med alt han hadde, krysset Eufratelven, og satte kursen mot fjellandet Gilead.
- B1930
- Så flyktet han med alt det han hadde; han gjorde sig ferdig og satte over elven og tok veien til Gileadfjellet. / < Eufrat.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 12:17
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Read in contextJoshua 24:2–3
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Read in contextGenesis 37:25
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Read in contextGenesis 15:18
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Read in contextLuke 9:51–53
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
Read in contextNumbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Read in contextGenesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Read in contextNumbers 24:1
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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