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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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BrLXXΚαὶ εἶπέ μοι ὁ Ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ καθʼ ὕπνον, Ἰακώβ· ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα, τί ἐστι; (Kai eipe moi ho Angelos tou Theou kathʼ hupnon, Yakōb; egō de eipa, ti esti; )
BrTrAnd the angel of God said to me [fn]in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it?
RVAnd the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
WbstrAnd the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
KJB-1769And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
KJB-1611And the Angel of God spake vnto me in a dreame, saying, Iacob; And I said, Here am I. (And the Angel of God spake unto me in a dreame,saying, Yacob; And I said, Here am I.)
BshpsAnd the angell of God spake vnto me in a dreame, saying: Iacob? And I aunswered: here am I. (And the angell of God spake unto me in a dreame, saying: Yacob? And I answered: here am I.)
GnvaAnd the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob. And I answered, Lo, I am here. (And the Angel of God said to me in a dreame, Yacob. And I answered, Lo, I am here. )
CvdlAnd the angel of God sayde vnto me in a dreame: Iacob. And I answered: here am I. (And the angel of God said unto me in a dream: Yacob. And I answered: here am I.)
WyclAnd the aungel of the Lord seide to me in sleep, Jacob! and Y answeride, Y am redy. (And the angel of the Lord said to me in sleep, Yacob! and I answered, I am redy.)
LuthUnd der Engel Gottes sprach zu mir im Traum: Jakob! Und ich antwortete: Hie bin ich. (And the/of_the angel God’s spoke to to_me in_the Traum: Yakob! And I replied: Here am I.)
ClVgDixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis: Jacob? Et ego respondi: Adsum. (And_he_said angelus of_God to me in somnis: Yacob? And I respondi: Adsum. )
31:1-21 Jacob’s return journey precipitated a confrontation with Laban that set a permanent boundary between Israel (Jacob) and Aram (Laban). God kept his word to Jacob by prospering him in Paddan-aram and protecting him on his journey home.
In some languages it is more natural to put in the dream earlier in this clause. Do what is best in your language. Also see how you translated an angel of God in Gen 21:17.
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
