KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 31:20–21
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Genesis 31:20
20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
20And Iacob stale away †vnawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- Hebr. the heart of Laban.
Genesis 31:21
21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
21So hee fled with all that hee had, and he rose vp and passed ouer the Riuer, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 31:20
Took or carried away secretly or wrongfully; the past form of steal.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Unexpectedly or without awareness.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person of Syria, or belonging to Syria, as the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To flee: to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 31:21
To flee: to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Enacted; having received all the formalities necessary to constitute a law.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
In the direction of; in relation to; approaching; or inclined and ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A mountain or hill; as a verb, to ascend or rise.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study17¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study1AND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
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Open the full verse study12And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
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Open the full verse study18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
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Open the full verse study14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
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Open the full verse study23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
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Open the full verse study25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
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Open the full verse study28¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
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Open the full verse study5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
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Open the full verse study8With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;
9From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
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Open the full verse study2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
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Open the full verse study18And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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Open the full verse study51¶ And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study1AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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Open the full verse study1NOW the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
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