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 Living Translation (NLT)So Jacob put his wives and children on camels,

Context of Genesis 31:17

15Are we not considered strangers by him? For he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money. 16For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children’s; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it.” Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels. 18And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan. 19Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father’s.

Genesis 31:17 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• rose upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and setנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and his wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• upon camelsגָּמָלgâmâl · camelH1581

Cross-references for Genesis 31:17

• Genesis 24:10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, for all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
• 1 Samuel 30:17Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

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
• Agate
• Carry
• Discern
• Dromedary
• Fear
• Gather
• Inheritance
• Leah
• Mount

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