Genèse 31:21

21 Il s'enfuit, avec tout ce qui lui appartenait; il se leva, traversa le fleuve, et se dirigea vers la montagne de Galaad.

Genèse 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 ) .

Genèse 31:21 In-Context

19 Tandis que Laban était allé tondre ses brebis, Rachel déroba les théraphim de son père;

20 et Jacob trompa Laban, l'Araméen, en ne l'avertissant pas de sa fuite.

21 Il s'enfuit, avec tout ce qui lui appartenait; il se leva, traversa le fleuve, et se dirigea vers la montagne de Galaad.

22 Le troisième jour, on annonça à Laban que Jacob s'était enfui.

23 Il prit avec lui ses frères, le poursuivit sept journées de marche, et l'atteignit à la montagne de Galaad.