During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.
Deuteronomy 2:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But you did not go near the Ammonites’ land, all along the bank of the River Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place that the Lord our God had forbidden. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Only you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, that is, to any bank of the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God had forbidden us. American Standard Version (1901) only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us. Common English Bible But you didn’t go near the Ammonite lands or hillside cities alongside the Jabbok River, in compliance with all that the LORD our God had commanded. Catholic Public Domain Version except the land of the sons of Ammon, which we did not approach, and all that is adjacent to the torrent Jabbok, and the cities in the mountains, and all the places which the Lord our God prohibited to us." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Except the land of the children of Ammon, to which we approached not: and all that border upon the torrent Jeboc: and the cities in the mountains: and all the places which the Lord our God forbade us. |
During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.
Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.
When you get close to the Ammonites, don’t show any hostility to them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the Ammonites’ land as a possession; I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.” ’
Don’t provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot of it, because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.
The Lord said to me, “Show no hostility towards Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.” ’
and I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the River Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites.
King Sihon of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the River Arnon, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the River Jabbok (the border of the Ammonites ),
to tell him, ‘This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.
They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.