Genesis 31:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ So he fled with all that he had; starting out he crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ So he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the river [Euphrates] and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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.

Common English Bible

²¹ So Jacob and his entire household left. He got up, crossed the river, and set out directly for the mountains of Gilead.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ 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,

Genesis 31:21 Cross References

2 Kings 12:17

At that time King Hazael of Aram went up, fought against Gath, and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 50:5

They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, and they shall come and join themselves to the Lord by an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

Judges 10:18

The commanders of the people of Gilead said to one another, “Who will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

Deuteronomy 3:12

As for the land that we took possession of at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the territory north of Aroer that is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, as well as half the hill country of Gilead with its towns,

Numbers 32:1

Now the Reubenites and the Gadites owned a very great number of cattle. When they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle,

Numbers 24:1

Now Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, so he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens but set his face toward the wilderness.

Genesis 46:28

Israel sent Judah ahead to Joseph to lead the way before him into Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,

Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat, and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

Genesis 31:23

So he took his kinsfolk with him and pursued him for seven days until he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates,

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 31:20

And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.

Genesis 31:22

On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.

2 Samuel 24:6

Then they came to Gilead and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites, and they came to Dan, and from Dan they went around to Sidon