Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Jacob was thinking, "I'll pacify him with the presents that are being sent ahead of me. Then, when I meet him, perhaps he'll accept me." So the presents went ahead of him, while he spent that night in the camp. 22 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. 23 He took them across the river, along with all his possessions.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:16

And I've given Gilead to the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad as far as the Arnon Valley, designating the middle of the valley as its boundary, including up to the Jabbok River as a boundary with the Ammonites.

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is located on the edge of the Arnon River from the middle of the valley, including half of Gilead as far as Wadi Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites,

Deuteronomy 2:37

You did not encroach onto Ammonite land, the banks of the Wadi Jabbok, the towns in the hill country, and all the other places that were forbidden by the LORD our God."

Genesis 29:21-24

Eventually, Jacob told Laban, "Bring me my wife, now that my time of service has been completed, so I can go be with her."

Genesis 35:18

Just before she died, Rachel called her son's name Ben-oni, but his father Jacob named him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:22-26

But while Israel lived in that land, Reuben went inside his father's tent and had sexual relations with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.

1 Timothy 5:8

If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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