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BSB So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
OEB he took his tribesmen with him, and pursued him for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
WEB He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
NET So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
LSV and he takes his brothers with him, and pursues after him a journey of seven days, and overtakes him in the Mount of Gilead.
FBV Taking some of his relatives with him, he chased after Jacob and caught up with him seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.
T4T So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.
LEB Then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after him, a seven-day journey, and he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
BBE And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.
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JPS And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
ASV And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
DRA And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad.
YLT and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.
DBY And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead.
RV And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
WBS And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey: and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
KJB And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
BB Then he toke his brethren with him, and folowed after him seuen daies iourney, & ouertoke him at the mounte Gilead.
(Then he took his brethren with him, and followed after him seven days journey, and ouertoke him at the mounte Gilead.)
GNV Then he tooke his brethren with him, and followed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertooke him at mount Gilead.
(Then he took his brethren with him, and followed after him seven days journey, and ouertooke him at mount Gilead. )
CB And he toke his brethre vnto him, and folowed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertoke him vpon the mount Gilead.
(And he took his brethre unto him, and followed after him seven days journey, and ouertoke him upon the mount Gilead.)
WYC And Laban took his britheren, and pursuede hym seuene daies, and took hym in the hil of Galaad.
(And Laban took his brethren/brothers, and pursuede him seven days, and took him in the hill of Galaad.)
LUT Und er nahm seine Brüder zu sich und jagte ihm nach sieben Tagereisen und ereilete ihn auf dem Berge Gilead.
(And he took his brothers to itself/yourself/themselves and jagte him nach seven Tagereisen and ereilete him/it on to_him mountains/hills Gilead.)
CLV Qui, assumptis fratribus suis, persecutus est eum diebus septem: et comprehendit eum in monte Galaad.
(Qui, assumptis fratribus to_his_own, persecutus it_is him days septem: and comprehendit him in mountain Galaad. )
BRN And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.
BrLXX Καὶ παραλαβὼν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ μεθʼ ἑαντοῦ, ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν ἑπτά· καὶ κατέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γαλαάδ.
(Kai paralabōn tous adelfous autou methʼ heantou, ediōxen opisō autou hodon haʸmerōn hepta; kai katelaben auton en tōi orei Galaʼad. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת אֶחָיו֙ עִמּ֔וֹ
and=he/it_took DOM kinsmen,his with=him/it
Alternate translation: “So Laban gathered some of his relatives”
וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף אַחֲרָ֔יו דֶּ֖רֶךְ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים
and,pursued after,him road/way_of seven days
Alternate translation: “and followed after Jacob and his household for seven days”
וַיַּדְבֵּ֥ק אֹת֖וֹ
and,caught_up DOM=him/it
Alternate translation: “until they overtook them” or “until they caught up with him”
בְּהַ֥ר הַגִּלְעָֽד
in/on/at/with,hill_country the,Gilead
See how you translated this phrase in verse 21. Alternate translation: “in the mountain region called Gilead.” or “in the hill country called Gilead.”
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Genesis 21-35
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.