Genesis 28:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 11:31 : 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, {G435} Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
Acts 25:13 : 13 Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus.
Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.
Hos 12:12 : 12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 29:1
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1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
Gen 26:23
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23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Gen 28:5-7
3 verses
78%
5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:
Gen 28:2
76%
2Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Gen 35:27
76%
27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
Gen 46:1
76%
1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Gen 29:4
75%
4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Gen 35:1
75%
1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Gen 46:5
75%
5And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
Gen 28:11
74%
11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Gen 31:17-18
2 verses
74%
17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
18and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
Gen 31:20-21
2 verses
72%
20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
Gen 31:3
72%
3And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Gen 22:19
72%
19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
Gen 30:25
72%
25And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
Gen 27:43
72%
43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Gen 35:9
72%
9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
Gen 31:25
72%
25And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
Gen 35:13
71%
13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.
Gen 31:13
71%
13I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.
Gen 35:6
71%
6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
Gen 26:17
71%
17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Gen 11:31
71%
31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Gen 29:10
71%
10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
Gen 32:3
71%
3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
Gen 35:21
71%
21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
Gen 33:16
71%
16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Gen 13:3
71%
3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,