Genesis 31:21

21 Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward 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 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the idols that belonged to her father.

20 And Jacob {tricked} Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he [intended to] flee.

21 Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

22 And on the third day it was told to Laban that Jacob had fled.

23 Then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after him, a seven-day journey, and he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "the river"