So on that day, the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. The Lord said, “I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt [88] and the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 31:21 - Easy To Read Version Jacob took his family and everything he owned and left quickly. They crossed the Euphrates River and traveled toward the hill country of Gilead. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad, |
So on that day, the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. The Lord said, “I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt [88] and the great river Euphrates.
The name of the third river was Tigris. [15] This river flowed east of Assyria. The fourth river was the Euphrates. [16]
Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean. He did not tell Laban he was leaving.
So Laban gathered his men together and began to chase Jacob. After seven days, Laban found Jacob near the hill country in Gilead.
While Joseph was in the well, the brothers sat down to eat. Then they looked and saw a group of traders [226] traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were carrying many different spices and riches.
Jacob sent Judah ahead to speak to Joseph first. Judah went to Joseph in the land of Goshen. Then Jacob and his people followed into that land.
Then they went {east} to Gilead, all the way to Tahtim Hodshi. Then they went {north} to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon.
Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. Elijah said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall during the next few years. The rain will fall only if I command it to fall.”
Hazael was the king of Aram. Hazael went to fight against the city of Gath. Hazael defeated Gath. Then he made plans to go fight against Jerusalem.
Those people will ask how to go to Zion. {\cf2\super [409]} \par They will start to go in that direction.\par The people will say,\par ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord.\par Let’s make an agreement\par that will last forever.\par Let’s make an agreement\par that we will never forget.’\par
Balaam saw that the Lord wanted to bless Israel. So Balaam did not try to change that by using any kind of magic. But Balaam turned and looked toward the desert.
The family groups of Reuben and Gad had many, many cows. Those people looked at the land near Jazer and Gilead. They saw that this land was good for their cows.
“So we took that land to be ours. I gave part of this land to the families groups of Reuben and Gad. I gave them the land from Aroer in the Arnon Valley to the hill country of Gilead with the cities in it. They got half of the hill country of Gilead.