Jabbok in the Bible

Meaning: evacuation; dissipation; wrestling

Exact Match

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.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDuring One NightTwo WomenElevenFords

Thematic Bible



Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled over the territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites),

and I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.


They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.


Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled over the territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites),

But you did not go near the Ammonites’ land, all along the bank of the Jabbok River, the cities of the hill country, or any place that the Lord our God had forbidden.


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons

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