Genesis 31:25
in Genesis 31Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And 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.
KJV
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
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This verse in Genesis 31
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
when Laban overtook him
on Genesis 31:25-28
Laban opens with the words Jacob used to him at 29:25, What have you done. He says he would have sent them with joy and singing, tambourines and harps. He calls his daughters captives of war, and his last charge is the kiss he wanted for his grandchildren and daughters.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then Laban overtook Jacob,.... He was come to the mount the overnight, but now in the morning he came nearer to him, so as to hold a conversation with him: now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead; both on the same mount; one perhaps at the bottom, and the other at the top; or one on one hill of it, and the other on another, or right over against one another.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּשֵּׂ֥ג | vaiyaseg | and he overtook | H5381 → | 50 times |
| לָבָ֖ן | lavan | Laban | H3837 → | 55 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֑ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב | veyaako | and Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| תָּקַ֤ע | taka' | he had pitched | H8628 → | |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָהֳלוֹ֙ | ʾoholo | tent his | H168 → | 345 times |
| בָּהָ֔ר | bahar | in the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וְלָבָ֛ן | velavan | and Laban | H3837 → | 55 times |
| תָּקַ֥ע | taka' | he pitched tent | H8628 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֶחָ֖יו | ʾechav | relatives his | H251 → | 630 times |
| בְּהַ֥ר | behar | in [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ | hagilad | <the> Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
וַיַּשֵּׂ֥גand he overtook
vaiyasegH5381 →50 times
לָבָ֖ןLaban
lavanH3837 →55 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַעֲקֹ֑בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
וְיַעֲקֹ֗בand Jacob
veyaakoH3290 →350 times
תָּקַ֤עhe had pitched
taka'H8628 →
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אָהֳלוֹ֙tent his
ʾoholoH168 →345 times
בָּהָ֔רin the hill country
baharH2022 →546 times
וְלָבָ֛ןand Laban
velavanH3837 →55 times
תָּקַ֥עhe pitched tent
taka'H8628 →
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
אֶחָ֖יוrelatives his
ʾechavH251 →630 times
בְּהַ֥רin [the] hill country of
beharH2022 →546 times
הַגִּלְעָֽד׃<the> Gilead
hagiladH1568 →134 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
it leads to
- Genesis 12:8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD,…
- Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- Genesis 13:3
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
- Hebrews 6:17
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- Acts 7:5–6
He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a…
- Genesis 12:8
Through
Genesis 33:18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
it leads to
- Joshua 24:1
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
- Judges 9:1
Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
- Joshua 24:1
Through
Genesis 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD,…
it leads to
- Genesis 4:26
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 4:26
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
