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Genesis 31:17-20
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Genesis 31:17-20
Living Bible
17-20 So one day while Laban was out shearing sheep, Jacob set his wives and sons on camels, and fled without telling Laban his intentions. He drove the flocks before him—Jacob’s flocks he had gotten there at Paddan-aram—and took everything he owned and started out to return to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 31:17-19
New King James Version
Genesis 31:17-19
New King James Version
17 Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels. 18 And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of (A)Canaan. 19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the (B)household[a] idols that were her father’s.
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- Genesis 31:19 Heb. teraphim
Genesis 31:17-19
New International Version
Genesis 31:17-19
New International Version
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(A) on camels,(B) 18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated(C) in Paddan Aram,[a](D) to go to his father Isaac(E) in the land of Canaan.(F)
19 When Laban had gone to shear his sheep,(G) Rachel stole her father’s household gods.(H)
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- Genesis 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
Genesis 31:17-19
King James Version
Genesis 31:17-19
King James Version
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
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Genesis 31:17-19
English Standard Version
Genesis 31:17-19
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17 So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels. 18 He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in (A)Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac. 19 Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's (B)household gods.
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