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Genesis 31:21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for  the hill country of Gilead.

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At that time King Hazael  of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he planned to attack Jerusalem.


They will ask about Zion, turning their faces to this road. They will come and join themselves  to the  Lord in a permanent covenant  that will never be forgotten.


Now Elijah  the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,  , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives,  in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’


The rulers  of Gilead said to one another, ‘Which man will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.’


‘At that time we took possession of this land.  I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Aroer by the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead along with its cities.


The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer  and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.


Since Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned  towards the wilderness.


Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival  at Goshen.  When they came to the land of Goshen,


They sat down to eat a meal,  and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead.  Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.


So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.


On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘I give this land to your offspring,  from the Brook of Egypt  to the great river, the River Euphrates:


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


And Jacob deceived  Laban the Aramean, not telling him that he was fleeing.


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


They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites  and continued on to Dan-jaan and round to Sidon.





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