Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his 11 sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.

New American Standard Bible

Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

King James Version

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

International Standard Version

Later that night, he woke up, quickly took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven children, and forded the river at Jabbok.

A Conservative Version

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

American Standard Version

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

Amplified

But he got up that same night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and waded over the ford of the Jabbok.

Bible in Basic English

And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

Darby Translation

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;

Julia Smith Translation

And he will rise in that night and take his two wives and his two maids, and his eleven sons, and he will pass over the passage of Jabbok.

King James 2000

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

Lexham Expanded Bible

That night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Modern King James verseion

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and rose up the same night and took his two wives and his two maidens and his eleven sons, and went over the ford Jabbok.

NET Bible

During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

New Heart English Bible

He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

The Emphasized Bible

And he arose in that night and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, - and pressed over the ford of Jabbok.

Webster

And he arose that night, and took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

World English Bible

He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he rose up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

and took
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

and his two
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

and his eleven
עשׂר 
`asar 
Usage: 339

ילד 
Yeled 
Usage: 89

and passed over
עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

the ford
מעברה מעבר 
Ma`abar 
Usage: 11

References

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Context Readings

Jacob Wrestles With God

21 So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night. 22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his 11 sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:16

and I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled over the territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites),

Deuteronomy 2:37

But you did not go near the Ammonites’ land, all along the bank of the Jabbok River, the cities of the hill country, or any place that the Lord our God had forbidden.

Genesis 29:21-24

Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is completed. I want to sleep with her.”

Genesis 35:18

With her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:22-26

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had 12 sons:

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone does not provide for his own, that is his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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