KJV King James Version
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
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Genesis 32:22
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
WEB World English Bible
He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
ASV American Standard Version
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;
Surrounding context — Genesis 32
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
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וַיָּ֣קָם׀H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiבַּלַּ֣יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוַיִּקַּ֞חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁתֵּ֤יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoנָשָׁיו֙H802 · ish.shahwomanוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁתֵּ֣יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoשִׁפְחֹתָ֔יוH8198 · shiph.chahmaidservantוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַחַ֥דH259 · e.chadoneעָשָׂ֖רH6240 · a.sartenיְלָדָ֑יוH3206 · ye.ledyouthוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔רH5674 · a.varto passאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]מַעֲבַ֥רH4569 · ma.a.varfordיַבֹּֽק׃H2999 · yab.boqJabbok
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 3:16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon;Deuteronomy 2:37Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, [nor] unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.1 Timothy 5:8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.Joshua 12:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, [and] ruled from Aroer, which [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon;Genesis 35:22-26And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:Genesis 35:18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.Genesis 29:21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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