Genesis 31:21

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.

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  • 2 Kgs 12:17 : 17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.
  • Jer 50:5 : 5 They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  • Luke 9:51-53 : 51 Rejection in Samaria Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem. 52 He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him, 53 but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.
  • Gen 2:14 : 14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–
  • Gen 31:23 : 23 So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
  • Gen 37:25 : 25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.
  • Gen 46:28 : 28 Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.
  • Num 24:1 : 1 Balaam Prophesies Yet Again When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
  • Num 32:1 : 1 The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,
  • Deut 3:12 : 12 Distribution of the Transjordanian Allotments This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.
  • Josh 13:8-9 : 8 Tribal Lands East of the Jordan The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands on east side of the Jordan, just as Moses, the LORD’s servant, had assigned them. 9 Their territory started from Aroer(on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon,
  • Josh 24:2-3 : 2 Joshua told all the people,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods, 3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,
  • Judg 10:18 : 18 The leaders of Gilead said to one another,“Who is willing to lead the charge against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives(whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”

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    17So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels.

    18He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.

    19While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

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  • Gen 31:22-23
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    22Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left.

    23So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

  • Gen 31:25-27
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    25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

    26“What have you done?” Laban demanded of Jacob.“You’ve deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!

    27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?

  • Gen 32:21-23
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    21So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

    22During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

    23He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.

  • Gen 27:43
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    43Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.

  • Gen 28:7
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    7Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.

  • Gen 31:36
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    36Jacob became angry and argued with Laban.“What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban.“What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?

  • Gen 28:10
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    10Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

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    1Jacob’s Flight from Laban Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining,“Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”

    2When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.

  • Gen 31:47
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    47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

  • Gen 35:1
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  • Gen 31:30-31
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    30Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”

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    33So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.

  • Gen 30:25
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    25The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.

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    8“If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought,“then the other camp will be able to escape.”

  • Gen 28:5
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    5So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.