KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he rose up” | וַיָּ֣קָם׀ | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | rose up |
| “that” | ה֗וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | that |
| “night,” | בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and took” | וַיִּקַּ֞ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “his two” | שְׁתֵּ֤י | Two; also (as ordinal) twofold | two |
| “wives,” | נָשָׁיו֙ | A woman | wives |
| “and his two” | שְׁתֵּ֣י | Two; also (as ordinal) twofold | two |
| “womenservants,” | שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יו | A female slave (as a member of the household) | womenservants |
| “and his eleven” | עָשָׂ֖ר | Ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth | eleven |
| “sons,” | יְלָדָ֑יו | Something born, i.e., a lad or offspring | sons |
| “and passed over” | וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | passed |
| “the ford” | מַֽעֲבַ֥ר | A crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e., (figuratively) overwhelming | ford |
| “Jabbok.” | יַבֹּֽק׃ | Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan | Jabbok |
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20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 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.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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