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

15He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you paid him for us. 16All the wealth God has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children. So go ahead and do whatever God has told you.” So Jacob put his wives and children on camels, 18and he drove all his livestock in front of him. He packed all the belongings he had acquired in Paddan-aram and set out for the land of Canaan, where his father, Isaac, lived. 19At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s household idols and took them with her.

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 he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor had settled.
• 1 Samuel 30:17David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled 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