Genesis 31:21 “So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed…”

Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead.

Darby Translation

And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] mount Gilead.

Young's Literal Translation

and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face [toward] the mount of Gilead.

Bible in Basic English

So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

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Cross references

“passed”

Genesis 2:14 Genesis 15:18 Joshua 24:2 Joshua 24:3

Genesis 2:14 · BSB

The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 15:18 · BSB

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Joshua 24:2 · BSB

And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

Joshua 24:3 · BSB

But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

“set his”

2 Kings 12:17 Genesis 46:28 Numbers 24:1 Jeremiah 50:5 Luke 9:51–53

2 Kings 12:17 · BSB

At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

Genesis 46:28 · BSB

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,

Numbers 24:1 · BSB

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

Jeremiah 50:5 · BSB

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Luke 9:51–53 · BSB

As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

“Gilead”

Genesis 31:23 Numbers 32:1 Deuteronomy 3:12 Judges 10:18 1 Kings 17:1 Joshua 13:8

Genesis 31:23 · BSB

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Numbers 32:1 · BSB

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

Deuteronomy 3:12 · BSB

So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

Judges 10:18 · BSB

And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”

1 Kings 17:1 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Joshua 13:8 · BSB

The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

Also

Genesis 37:25

Genesis 37:25 · BSB

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

22On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.

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