Parallel Verses
Amplified
On the third day [after his departure] Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
New American Standard Bible
When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled,
King James Version
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Holman Bible
On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
International Standard Version
Three days later, somebody reported to Laban that Jacob had left,
A Conservative Version
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
American Standard Version
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Bible in Basic English
And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.
Darby Translation
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be announced to Laban in the third day, that Jacob broke away.
King James 2000
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And on the third day it was told to Laban that Jacob had fled.
Modern King James verseion
It was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Upon the third day after, was it told Laban that Jacob was fled.
NET Bible
Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left.
New Heart English Bible
Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
The Emphasized Bible
And it was told Laban, on the third day, - that Jacob had fled.
Webster
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
World English Bible
Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled,
Themes
Gilead » A mountain » Laban overtakes jacob at
Laban » Pursues jacob, overtakes him at mount gilead, and covenants with him
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
21 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]. 22 On the third day [after his departure] Laban was told that Jacob had fled. 23 So he took his relatives with him and pursued him for seven days, and they overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Cross References
Genesis 30:36
And he put [a distance of] three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob was then left in care of the rest of Laban’s flock.
Exodus 14:5-31
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this that we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us!”
Job 5:12-13
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.