Genesis 31:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

So he fled with all he had; and he rose up, and crossed over the river, and set his face toward Mount Gilead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּבְרַ֥ח הוּא֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וַיָּ֖קָם וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר אֶת־הַנָּהָ֑ר וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו הַ֥ר הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

Transliteration

wa-yibraḥ he wĕ-kol-ʾăšer-to him, wa-yāqām wa-yaʿăbōr ʾet-the-nāhār, wa-yāśem ʾet-pānāyw har the-Gilʿād.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yibraḥ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he fled
• *wĕ-kol*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and all
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that/which
• *wa-yāqām*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he arose
• *wa-yaʿăbōr*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he crossed over
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *nāhār*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the river
• *wa-yāśem*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he set/directed
• *pānāyw*: common noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
• *har*: common noun, masculine singular construct - mountain/hill of
• *Gilʿād*: proper noun with definite article - Gilead

Word Meanings

• *nāhār*: river/stream (likely the Euphrates)
• *śîm* *pānāyw*: set his face/directed himself toward/turned toward
• *wa-yāqām*: arose/got up/set out

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So Jacob fled with all he had. He crossed the river and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So he fled{H1272} with all that he had; and he rose up,{H6965} and passed over{H5674} the River,{H5104} and set{H7760} his face{H6440} toward the mountain{H2022} of Gilead.{H1568}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So he fled{H1272}{(H8799)} with all that he had; and he rose up{H6965}{(H8799)}, and passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} the river{H5104}, and set{H7760}{(H8799)} his face{H6440} toward the mount{H2022} Gilead{H1568}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  So fled he and all yt he had and made him self redy and passed ouer the ryuers and sett his face streyght towarde the mounte Gilead.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So he fled, & all that was his, gat vp, and passed ouer the water, & wente straight towarde the mount Gilead.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So fled he, and all that he had, and made hym selfe redy, and passed ouer the ryuer, and set his face strayght towarde the mounte Gilead.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face `toward' the mount of Gilead.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 12:17 : 17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
• Jer 50:5 : 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
• Luke 9:51-53 : 51 And it happened, when the time had come for him to be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for him. 53 But they did not receive him, because his face was set to go to Jerusalem.
• Gen 2:14 : 14 And the name of the third river is Tigris: it is the one that flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
• Gen 15:18 : 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Gen 31:23 : 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him a seven days' journey; and they overtook him in Mount Gilead.
• Gen 37:25 : 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
• Gen 46:28 : 28 And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
• Num 24:1 : 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
• Num 32:1 : 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great number of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they realized that the place was suitable for cattle.
• Deut 3:12 : 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half the mountain of Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
• Josh 13:8-9 : 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
• Josh 24:2-3 : 2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers lived on the other side of the river in ancient times, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.
• Judg 10:18 : 18 And the people and leaders of Gilead said to one another, Who is the man that will begin the fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.