King James Version
Genesis 31:21 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Genesis 31:21 · KJV
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. images: Heb. teraphim
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. unawares: Heb. the heart of Laban
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.
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“with all that he had and he rose up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and passed over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the river”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
“and set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“Gilead”
H1568gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
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