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Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Laban father-in-law of Jacob Noun H3837 לָבָ֖ן la·van
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caught to reach, overtake Verb H5381 וַיַּשֵּׂ֥ג vai·yas·seg
up with Jacob. a son of Isaac, also his desc. Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹ֑ב ya·'a·kov;
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Now Jacob a son of Isaac, also his desc. Noun H3290 וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב ve·ya·'a·kov
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had pitched to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast Verb H8628 תָּקַ֤ע ta·ka
his tent a tent Noun H168 אָהֳלֹו֙ a·ho·lov
in the hill mountain, hill, hill country Noun H2022 בָּהָ֔ר ba·har,
country, mountain, hill, hill country Noun H2022 בְּהַ֥ר be·har
and Laban father-in-law of Jacob Noun H3837 וְלָבָ֛ן ve·la·van
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with his kinsmen a brother Noun H251 אֶחָ֖יו e·chav
camped to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast Verb H8628 תָּקַ֥ע ta·ka
in the hill country mountain, hill, hill country Noun H2022    
of Gilead. a region in Pal., also the name of several Isr. Noun H1568 הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ hag·gil·'ad.
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Locations

Gilead

GILEAD (1)gil'-e-ad (ha-gil`adh, "the Gilead"): The name is explained in Genesis 31:46, 51, as derived from Hebrew gal, "a cairn," and `edh, "witness," agreeing in meaning with the Aramaic yegharsahadhutha'. The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged."(1) A city named in Hosea 6:8; Hosea 12:11, possibly to be identified with Gilead near to Mizpah (Judges 10:17... View Details

People

Laban

Laban [N] [H] [S] Father-in-law of Jacob The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac's wife ( Genesis 24 ). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, fled to the house of Laban, whose daughters Leah and Rachel (ch. 29) he eventually married. (See JACOB .)    A city in the Arabian desert in the route of th... View Details

Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.
King James Bible Then Laban caught up with overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, mount: and Laban with his kinsmen camped brethren pitched in the hill country mount of Gilead.
Hebrew Greek English Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.