Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. New Living Translation So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River, heading for the hill country of Gilead. English Standard Version He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the Euphrates, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. Berean Standard Bible So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. King James Bible 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. New King James Version So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and headed toward the mountains of Gilead. New American Standard Bible So he fled with all that he had; and he got up and crossed the Euphrates River, and set out for the hill country of Gilead. NASB 1995 So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the Euphrates River, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. NASB 1977 So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the Euphrates River, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. Legacy Standard Bible So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the River and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. Amplified Bible So he fled with everything that he had, and got up and crossed the river [Euphrates], and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead [east of the Jordan River]. Christian Standard Bible He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. Holman Christian Standard Bible He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. American 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 mountain of Gilead. Contemporary English Version When Jacob crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead, he took with him everything he owned. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation So he left in a hurry with all that belonged to him. He crossed the Euphrates River and went toward the mountains of Gilead. Good News Translation He took everything he owned and left in a hurry. He crossed the Euphrates River and started for the hill country of Gilead. International Standard Version Jacob fled, taking everything that he owned. He got up, crossed the river, and headed to the hill country of Gilead. Majority Standard Bible So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. NET Bible He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead. New Heart English Bible So he fled with everything that he had, and he arose and crossed the River, and set out toward the hill country of Gilead. Webster's Bible Translation So he fled with all that he had; and he arose, and passed over the river, and set his face towards the mount Gilead. World English Bible So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand he flees, he and all that he has, and rises, and passes over the River, and sets his face [toward] the Mount of Gilead. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation And he will break away, and all which was to him; and he will rise and pass over the river, and will set his face to Mount Gilead. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad, Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had gone away with all such things that were justly his, and, having crossed the river, was continuing on toward Mount Gilead, New American Bible Thus he fled with all that he had. Once he was across the Euphrates, he headed for the hill country of Gilead. New Revised Standard Version So he fled with all that he had; starting out he crossed the Euphrates, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and crossed the river, and set his face toward mount Gilead. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he fled, he and all whom he had, and he arose and he passed through the river and set his face toward Mount Gilead. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he departed himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over the river, and went into the mountain Galaad. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Flees from Laban…20Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away. 21So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. Cross References Exodus 14:5-9 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” / So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him. / He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. ... Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep. Genesis 28:5 So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau. Genesis 35:1-3 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” / So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments. / Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.” Deuteronomy 26:5 and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous. 1 Samuel 19:12 So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped. 1 Kings 19:3 And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, Jeremiah 31:21 “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours. Acts 7:2-4 And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living. Hebrews 11:8-9 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By 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. Matthew 2:13-15 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, / where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” Matthew 2:20-21 “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.” / So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel. Acts 12:17 Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place. Acts 13:17 The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land. Acts 15:3 Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers. Treasury of Scripture 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. passed. Genesis 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: Joshua 24:2,3 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods… set his. Genesis 46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 Kings 12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. Gilead. Genesis 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; Deuteronomy 3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. Jump to Previous Country Crossed Crossing Direction Euphrates Euphra'tes Face Fled Fleeth Gilead Headed Hill Hill-Country Mount Mountain Passed Passeth Riseth River Rose TowardsJump to Next Country Crossed Crossing Direction Euphrates Euphra'tes Face Fled Fleeth Gilead Headed Hill Hill-Country Mount Mountain Passed Passeth Riseth River Rose TowardsGenesis 31 1. Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.19. Rachel steals her father's household gods. 22. Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong. 34. Rachel's plan to hide the images. 36. Jacob's complaint of Laban. 43. The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. So he fled The Hebrew word for "fled" is "ברח" (barach), which conveys a sense of urgency and escape. Jacob's flight is not merely a physical departure but a spiritual and emotional break from Laban's oppressive hold. This act of fleeing is reminiscent of the Exodus, where the Israelites fled from Egypt, symbolizing liberation and divine intervention. Jacob's decision to flee reflects his trust in God's promise and protection, as he seeks to establish his own household under God's guidance. with all his possessions crossed the Euphrates and headed for the hill country of Gilead Mount Gilead.--Gilead, the region of rock, was the mountainous frontier between the Aramean and Canaanite races. The form of the word is so remote from ordinary Hebrew that we have in it, probably, a very old appellation of this region; and Jacob apparently plays upon it in his name Galeed (Genesis 31:47). Verse 21. - So (literally, and) he fled with (literally, and) all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, - i.e. the Euphrates, which was called by preeminence the river (cf. 1 Kings 4:21; Ezra 4:10, 16) - and set his face toward the mount Gilead. גִּלְעַד, according to Gesenius, "the hard, stony region," from an unused quadrilateral root, signifying to be hard, though, according to the historian (by a slight change in the punctuation), "The hill, or heap of witness," from the transaction recorded in verses 45-47, which name it here proleptically receives, was not the mountain-range to the south of the Jahbok, now styled Jebel Jilad (Gesenius), Jebel-as-Salt (Robinson), Jebel-osha (Tristram), since Jacob had not yet crossed the river, but that upon its northern hank, called Jebel Ajlun, and situated near Mahanaim (Delitzsch, Keil, Kalisch, Porter). CHAPTER 31:22-44 Hebrew So heהוּא֙ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are fled וַיִּבְרַ֥ח (way·yiḇ·raḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly with all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every his possessions, אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that crossed וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר (way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on the Euphrates, הַנָּהָ֑ר (han·nā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity and headed for וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set the hill country הַ֥ר (har) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Gilead. הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ (hag·gil·‘āḏ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites Links Genesis 31:21 NIVGenesis 31:21 NLT Genesis 31:21 ESV Genesis 31:21 NASB Genesis 31:21 KJV Genesis 31:21 BibleApps.com Genesis 31:21 Biblia Paralela Genesis 31:21 Chinese Bible Genesis 31:21 French Bible Genesis 31:21 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he (Gen. 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