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Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Then Laban Laban Noun H3837 לָבָ֖ן la·van
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overtook ability Verb H5381 וַיַּשֵּׂ֥ג vai·yas·seg
Jacob Jacob Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹ֑ב ya·'a·kov;
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Now Jacob Jacob Noun H3290 וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב ve·ya·'a·kov
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had pitched blow Verb H8628 תָּקַ֤ע ta·ka
his tent covering Noun H168 אָהֳלֹו֙ a·ho·lov
in the mount hill Noun H2022 בָּהָ֔ר ba·har,
in the mount hill Noun H2022 בְּהַ֥ר be·har
and Laban Laban Noun H3837 וְלָבָ֛ן ve·la·van
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with his brethren another Noun H251 אֶחָ֖יו e·chav
pitched blow Verb H8628 תָּקַ֥ע ta·ka
of Gilead Gilead 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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King James Bible Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
Hebrew Greek English Then Laban overtook caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: hill country, and Laban with his brethren pitched kinsmen camped in the mount hill country of Gilead.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Then Laban overtook caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: hill country, and Laban with his brethren pitched kinsmen camped in the mount hill country of Gilead.