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Then Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבroseיָּקָםand putוַיִּשָּׂאhis childrenאֶת בָּנָיוand his wivesוְאֶת נָשָׁיוon the camels.עַל הַגְּמַלִּים
Genesis 31:17
Study it in the app“Then Jacob rose and put his children and his wives on the camels.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:17, word by word
- Then Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- roseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and putיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- his childrenבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- and his wivesנָשָׁיnashay
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashay” appears- on the camelsגְּמַלִּיםgemalim
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appears
The context
16Indeed, all the wealth that Elohim has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now, whatever Elohim has told you, do.”
17 · This verse (above)
18He drove off all his livestock and all his property that he had acquired, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?