Revised Webster's Bible
Genesis 31:17
17Then Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives upon 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
15Are we not counted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money. 16For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatever God hath said to thee, do. Then Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gained, the cattle of his getting, which he had gained in Padanaram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
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וַיָּ֖קָם יַעֲקֹ֑ב וַיִּשָּׂ֛א אֶת־בָּנָ֥יו וְאֶת־נָשָׁ֖יו עַל־הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 31:17
- Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hands: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
- 1 Samuel 30:17And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men, who rode upon 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
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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
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