Genesis 31 · Verse 17

Genesis 31:17

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Genesis 31:17, King James Version

Genesis 31:17 in other translations

BSBThen Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
WEBThen Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
ASVThen Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
YLTAnd Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,
DARBYAnd Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,
BBEThen Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;
WebsterThen Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

What does Genesis 31:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Then Jacob rose up--Little time is spent by pastoral people in removing. The striking down the tents and poles and stowing them among their other baggage; the putting their wives and children in houdas like cradles, on the backs of camels, or in panniers on asses; and the ranging of the various parts of the flock under the respective shepherds; all this is a short process. A plain that is covered in the morning with a long array of tents and with browsing flocks, may, in a few hours, appear so desolate that not a vestige of the encampment remains, except the holes in which the tent poles had been fixed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 31:1-21

The affairs of these families are related very minutely, while (what are called) the great events of states and kingdoms at that period, are not mentioned. The Bible teaches people the common duties of life, how to serve God, how to enjoy the blessings he bestows, and to do good in the various stations and duties of life. Selfish men consider themselves robbed of all that goes past them, and covetousness will even…

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Genesis 31:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֖קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
וַיִּשָּׂ֛אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted upH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בָּנָ֥יוba.Navchildren hisH1121
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
נָשָׁ֖יוna.Shavwives hisH802
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַגְּמַלִּֽים\׃ha.ge.ma.Lim<the> camelsH1581

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 31:17

  • Genesis 24:61

    And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

  • Genesis 24:10

    And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
upon camels.
24:10,61; 1Sa 30:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 31:16

    For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

  • Genesis 31:17

    Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

  • Genesis 31:18

    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 Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

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Genesis 31:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces se levantó Jacob, y subió sus hijos y sus mujeres sobre los camellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jacob se leva, et fit monter ses fils et ses femmes sur les chameaux;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da machte Jakob sich auf und hob seine Kinder und seine Weiber auf die Kamele,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Surrexit itaque Jacob, et impositis liberis ac conjugibus suis super camelos, abiit.