Genesis 31:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When Jacob crossed the River Euphrates and headed for the hill country of Gilead, he took with him everything he owned.

Cross References

Genesis 15:18

At that time the LORD made an agreement with Abram and told him: I will give your descendants the land east of the River Shihor on the border of Egypt as far as the River Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14

The River Tigris that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the River Euphrates.

Genesis 31:20

Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by not saying that he intended to leave.

Genesis 31:22

Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had gone.

Genesis 31:23

So he took some of his relatives along and chased after Jacob for seven days, before catching up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 37:25

As Joseph's brothers sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with all kinds of spices that they were taking to Egypt.

Genesis 46:28

Jacob had sent his son Judah ahead of him to ask Joseph to meet them in Goshen.

2 Samuel 24:6

They went to Gilead and to Kadesh in Syria. Then they went to Dan, Ijon, and on towards Sidon.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead. One day he went to King Ahab and said, “I'm a servant of the living LORD, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground.”

2 Kings 12:17

About the same time, King Hazael of Syria attacked the town of Gath and captured it. Next, he decided to attack Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 50:5

You will ask the way to Zion and then come and join with me in making an agreement you won't break or forget.

Numbers 24:1

Balaam was sure that the LORD would tell him to bless Israel again. So he did not use any magic to find out what the LORD wanted him to do, as he had the first two times. Instead, he looked out towards the desert

Numbers 32:1

The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned a lot of cattle and sheep, and they saw that the regions of Jazer and Gilead had good pasture land.

Deuteronomy 3:12

I gave some of the land and towns we captured to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. Their share started at the gorge of the River Arnon in the south, took in the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge, and went far enough north to include the southern half of the Gilead region. The northern part of their land went as far east as the upper gorge of the River Jabbok, which formed their border with the Ammonites. I also gave them the eastern side of the valley of the River Jordan, from Lake Galilee south to the Dead Sea below the slopes of Mount Pisgah. I gave the northern half of Gilead and all of the Bashan region to half the tribe of Manasseh. Bashan had belonged to King Og, and the Argob region in Bashan used to be called the Land of the Rephaim. Jair from the Manasseh tribe conquered the Argob region as far west as the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. The Israelites even started calling Bashan by the name “Villages of Jair”, and that is still its name. I gave the northern half of Gilead to the Machir clan.

Judges 10:18

The leaders of Gilead asked each other, “Who can lead an attack on the Ammonites?” Then they agreed, “If we can find someone who can lead the attack, we'll make him the ruler of Gilead.”