KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 31:21
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face toward the mount of Gilead.
Surrounding context — Genesis 31
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.
21 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.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
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וַיִּבְרַ֥חH1272 · ba.rachto fleeהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itוְכָל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichל֔וֹH9033 · ohimוַיָּ֖קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiוַיַּעֲבֹ֣רH5674 · a.varto passאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַנָּהָ֑רH5104 · na.harRiverוַיָּ֥שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פָּנָ֖יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַ֥רH2022 · harmountain: mountהַגִּלְעָֽד׃H1568 · gil.adGilead
Cross-references
2 Kings 12:17Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.Genesis 31:23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.Joshua 13:8-9With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;Luke 9:51-53And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,Numbers 24:1And 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.Joshua 24:2-3And 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.Deuteronomy 3:12And this land, [which] we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.Genesis 2:14And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates.Numbers 32:1Now 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;Genesis 15:18In 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:Genesis 46:28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.Judges 10:18And the people [and] princes of Gilead said one to another, What man [is he] that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.Genesis 37:25And 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.1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
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