Genesis 31:17

Genesis 31:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

Context of Genesis 31:17

15Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us. 16Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.” Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels, 18and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan. 19Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

Genesis 31:17 word by word

וַיָּ֖קָם יַעֲקֹ֑ב וַיִּשָּׂ֛א אֶת־בָּנָ֥יו וְאֶת־נָשָׁ֖יו עַל־הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Then Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• got upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and putנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• his childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and his wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• camelsגָּמָלgâmâl · camelH1581

Cross-references for Genesis 31:17

• Genesis 24:10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
• 1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

Commentaries on Genesis 31:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-55Verses 1-55 - Jacob‘s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-21Jacob left Laban secretly because he was afraid of revenge (31:31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Then Jacob rose up--Little time is spent by pastoral people in removing. The striking down the tents and poles and stowing them among their other baggage; the putting their wives and children in houdas like cradles, on the backs of camels, or in panniers on asses; and the ranging of the various parts of the flock under the respective shepherds; all this is a short process. A plain that is covered in the morning with a long array of tents and with…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 31:17

• Camel
• Haran
• Laban
• Leah
• Rachel

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Jacob, Israel
• Agate
• Carry
• Discern
• Dromedary
• Fear
• Gather
• Inheritance
• Leah

Commentaries on Genesis 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings