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LabanלָבָןovertookוַיַּשֵּׂגJacob.אֶת יַעֲקֹבNow Jacobוְיַעֲקֹבhad pitchedתָּקַעhis tentאֶת אָהֳלוֹon the mountain,בָּהָרand Labanוְלָבָןencampedתָּקַעwith his brothersאֶת אֶחָיוin the hill countryבְּהַרof Gilead.הַגִּלְעָד
Genesis 31:25
Study it in the app“Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain, and Laban encamped with his brothers in the hill country of Gilead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:25, word by word
- 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- overtookיַּשֵּׂגyaseg
overtake
To reach someone who is ahead.
Where else “yaseg” 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 pitchedתָּקַעtaka
drive in
To drive in a peg or nail something firmly.
Where else “taka” appears- his tentאָהֳלahol
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahol” appears- on the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- with his brothersאֶחָיechay
relative
A close relative of the same family, like a nephew.
Where else “echay” appears- of Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
24But Elohim came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Be careful not to speak with Jacob either good or bad.”
25 · This verse (above)
26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of the sword.
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?