Genesis 31:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 31:17

15 Are we not considered strangers by him? For ^ahe has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.

16 For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children’s; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it.”

17 Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

18 And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of ^aCanaan.

19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the ^ahousehold idols that were her father’s.

20 And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.

21 So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and ^aheaded toward the mountains of Gilead.

Laban Pursues Jacob

22 And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

23 Then he took ^ahis brethren with him and pursued him for seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead.

24 But God ^ahad come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, “Be careful that you ^bspeak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 31:17

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American Standard Version
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

Amplified® Bible
Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

Contemporary English Version
Then Jacob, his wives, and his children got on camels and left

Darby English Version
And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,

Good News Bible
So Jacob got ready to go back to his father in the land of Canaan. He put his children and his wives on the camels, and drove all his flocks ahead of him, with everything that he had gotten in Mesopotamia.

King James Version
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

New American Standard Bible
Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels;

New International Version
Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,

New King James Version
Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels;

Revised Standard Version
So Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives on camels;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,

New English Translation
So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels.¹

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