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It was toldוַיֻּגַּדto Labanלְלָבָןon the third dayבַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁיthatכִּיJacobיַעֲקֹבhad fled.בָרַח
Genesis 31:22
Study it in the app“It was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:22, word by word
- It was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- to Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- on the third dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- on the third dayשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” appears- 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- had fledבָרַחvarach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “varach” appears
The context
21He fled, he and all that he had; he rose, crossed the River, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
22 · This verse (above)
23He took his brothers with him and pursued him a journey of seven days, and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
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?