Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the Euphrates River, and set his face toward the hill country of
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.
Holman Bible
He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for
International Standard Version
Jacob fled, taking everything that he owned. He got up, crossed the river, and headed to the hill country of Gilead.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
So he fled with everything that he had, and got up and crossed the river [Euphrates], and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead [east of the Jordan River].
Bible in Basic English
So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.
Darby Translation
And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward mount Gilead.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will break away, and all which was to him; and he will rise and pass over the river, and will set his face to Mount Gilead.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
Modern King James verseion
And he fled with all that was his. And he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward Mount Gilead.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So fled he, and all that he had, and made himself ready, and passed over the rivers, and set his face straight toward the mount Gilead.
NET Bible
He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
So he fled, the - and all that he had, and he arose, and passed over the River, - and set his face towards the mountain of Gilead.
Webster
So he fled with all that he had; and he arose, and passed over the river, and set his face towards the mount Gilead.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Gilead » A mountain » Laban overtakes jacob at
Haran » Also called charran » Returns from, with rachel and leah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he was running away. 21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. 22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
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.
Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Genesis 15:18
In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 31:23
He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
Genesis 37:25
They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Genesis 46:28
He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
Numbers 24:1
When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
Deuteronomy 3:12
This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
Joshua 13:8-9
With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them:
Joshua 24:2-3
Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
Judges 10:18
The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, "What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."
Jeremiah 50:5
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, [saying], Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Luke 9:51-53
It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,