New English Translation
Genesis 31:17
17So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels.
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
15Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us! 16Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.” So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels. 18He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac. 19While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.
Read all of Genesis 31Genesis 31:17 word by word
וַיָּ֖קָם יַעֲקֹ֑ב וַיִּשָּׂ֛א אֶת־בָּנָ֥יו וְאֶת־נָשָׁ֖יו עַל־הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Genesis 31:17
- Genesis 24:10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.
- 1 Samuel 30:17But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of four hundred young men who got away 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
In the dictionaries
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
New English Translation — © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.
Commentaries