Genesis 31:21

21 So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:21 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
21 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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
21 He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the Euphrates, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
New Living Translation (NLT)
21 So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River, heading for the hill country of Gilead.
The Message Bible (MSG)
21 Jacob got away with everything he had and was soon across the Euphrates headed for the hill country of Gilead.
American Standard Version (ASV)
21 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.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
21 So he left in a hurry with all that belonged to him. He crossed the Euphrates River and went toward the mountains of Gilead.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
21 He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
21 So Jacob ran off with everything he had. He crossed the Euphrates River. And he headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all that he had
His wives, his children, cattle and substance; and he rose up, and passed over the river;
the river Euphrates, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it, which lay between Mesopotamia and Canaan; and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead:
he travelled and bent his course that way: this, was a mountain on the border of the land of Canaan, adjoining to Lebanon, near which was a very fruitful country, which had its name from it: it is so called here by way of anticipation; for this name was afterwards given it from the heap of stones here laid, as a witness of the agreement between Laban and Jacob, ( Genesis 31:45 ) .

Genesis 31:21 In-Context

19 When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods.
20 Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.
21 So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
22 On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
23 Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

Cross References 3

  • 1. ver 22; Exodus 2:15; Exodus 14:5; 1 Kings 18:46; 1 Kings 19:3; Jeremiah 26:21
  • 2. S Genesis 2:14
  • 3. ver 23,25; Genesis 37:25; Numbers 26:30; Numbers 32:1; Deuteronomy 3:10; Joshua 12:2; Jeremiah 22:6
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