Study it in the app“He 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.”
He drove offוַיִּנְהַגallאֶת כָּלhis livestockמִקְנֵהוּand allוְאֶת כָּלhis propertyרְכֻשׁוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe had acquired,רָכָשׁthe livestockמִקְנֵהin his possessionקִנְיָנוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe had acquiredרָכַשׁin Paddan-aram,בְּפַדַּן אֲרָםto goלָבוֹאto Isaacאֶל יִצְחָקhis father,אָבִיוto the landאַרְצָהof Canaan.כְּנָעַן
drive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “yinhag” appearslivestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appearspossessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rechush” appearsacquire
Gather goods, acquire.
Where else “rachash” appearspossessions
What has been acquired: goods, possessions, property.
Where else “kinyan” appearsPaddan-aram
Paddan-aram, the plain of Aram in northern Mesopotamia, where Rebekah's family lived.
Where else “fadan” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsCanaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
17Then Jacob rose and put his children and his wives on the camels.
18 · This verse (above)
19Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the teraphim that belonged to her father.
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?
