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Bible in Basic English

And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

New American Standard Bible

Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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.

Holman Bible

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his 11 sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.

International Standard Version

Later that night, he woke up, quickly took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven children, and forded the river at Jabbok.

A Conservative 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.

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.

Amplified

But he got up that same night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and waded over the ford of the Jabbok.

Darby Translation

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;

Julia Smith Translation

And he will rise in that night and take his two wives and his two maids, and his eleven sons, and he will pass over the passage of Jabbok.

King James 2000

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

Lexham Expanded Bible

That night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Modern King James verseion

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and rose up the same night and took his two wives and his two maidens and his eleven sons, and went over the ford Jabbok.

NET Bible

During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

New Heart 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.

The Emphasized Bible

And he arose in that night and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, - and pressed over the ford of Jabbok.

Webster

And he arose that night, and took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

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.

Youngs 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he rose up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

and took
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

and his two
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

and his eleven
עשׂר 
`asar 
Usage: 339

ילד 
Yeled 
Usage: 89

and passed over
עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

the ford
מעברה מעבר 
Ma`abar 
Usage: 11

References

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Context Readings

Jacob Wrestles With God

21 So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people. 22 And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:16

And the land from Gilead to the valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a limit, as far as the river Jabbok which is the limit of the country of the children of Ammon, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites;

Joshua 12:2

Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was living in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, the limits of the children of Ammon;

Deuteronomy 2:37

But you did not go near the land of the children of Ammon, that is, all the side of the river Jabbok or the towns of the hill-country, wherever the Lord our God had said we were not to go.

Genesis 29:21-24

Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

Genesis 35:18

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

Genesis 35:22-26

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

1 Timothy 5:8

If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

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