Genesis 31:17 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 31:17

Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

KJV

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֖קָם	vai.Ya.kom	and he arose	H6965 →
יַעֲקֹ֑ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
וַיִּשָּׂ֛א	vai.yi.Sa'	and he lifted up	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּנָ֥יו	ba.Nav	children his	H1121 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
נָשָׁ֖יו	na.Shav	wives his	H802 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃	ha.ge.ma.Lim	<the> camels	H1581 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 30:17
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:11
  The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the…
- Psalms 18:42
  I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
Through
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
leads to
- Genesis 11:31
  And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…
- Deuteronomy 23:4
  For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
- Genesis 27:43
  So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
- Genesis 39:22–23
  And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
Through
Genesis 24:61
Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
leads to
- Psalms 45:10
  Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- Genesis 2:24
  For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.