Now he arosethat samenightand tookhis twowivesand his twomaidsand his elevenchildren,and crossedthe fordof the Jabbok.
Then Jacobsaidto Laban,"Give[me] my wife,for my timeis completed,that I may goin to her."
So the presentpassedon beforehim, while he himselfspentthat nightin the camp.
He tookthem and sentthem acrossthe stream.And he sentacrosswhateverhe had.
It cameabout as her soulwas departing(for she died),that she namedhim Ben-oni;but his fathercalledhim Benjamin.
"Onlyyou did not gonearto the landof the sonsof Ammon,allalongthe riverJabbokand the citiesof the hillcountry,and whereverthe LORDour Godhad commandedus.
"To the Reubenitesand to the GaditesI gavefrom Gileadeven as faras the valleyof Arnon,the middleof the valleyas a borderand as faras the riverJabbok,the borderof the sonsof Ammon;
But ifanyonedoes not providefor his own,and especiallyfor those of his household,he has deniedthe faithand is worsethan an unbeliever.
Sihonkingof the Amorites,who livedin Heshbon,[and] ruledfrom Aroer,whichis on the edgeof the valleyof the Arnon,both the middleof the valleyand halfof Gilead,even as faras the brookJabbok,the borderof the sonsof Ammon;
The kingof the sonsof Ammonsaidto the messengersof Jephthah,"BecauseIsraeltookaway my landwhen they cameup from Egypt,from the Arnonas faras the Jabbokand the Jordan;therefore, returnthem peaceablynow."
