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Genesis 31:23
Genesis 31:23 is verse 23 of Genesis chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
King James Version
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
World English Bible
He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
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Genesis 31:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
22 On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
23 So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
24 But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
25 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 13:8So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Genesis 24:27saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
Exodus 2:11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
Exodus 2:13The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”