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Genesis 32:22

What does Genesis 32:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 32:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And rising early, he took his two wives and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;

Context

v.21So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

v.22This passage

v.23And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 3:16

    And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border thereof, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

  • Deuteronomy 2:37

    only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us.

  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Genesis 35:22

    And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  • Joshua 12:2

    Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;

  • Genesis 35:18

    And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

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