KJV King James Version
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
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Genesis 31:17
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
WEB World English Bible
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
ASV American Standard Version
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,
Surrounding context — Genesis 31
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that [is] ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
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.
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Genesis 24:61And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.1 Samuel 30:17And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
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