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Genesis 31:20

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← Genesis 31:19	Genesis 31:20 (KJV)	Genesis 31:21 →
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's.	And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.	So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob^H3290 stole away^H1589 unawares^H3820 to Laban^H3837 the Syrian^H761, in that^H5921 he told^H5046 him not^H1097 that he fled^H1272.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּגְנֹב יַעֲקֹב אֶת־לֵב לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי עַל־בְּלִי הִגִּיד לֹו כִּי בֹרֵחַ הוּא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּגְנֹ֣ב	va/i.yig.No	H1589	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he stole
יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
לֵ֥ב	lev	H3820	HNcmsc	(the) heart of
לָבָ֖ן	la.Van	H3837	HNp	Laban
הָ/אֲרַמִּ֑י	ha./'a.ra.Mi	H761	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Aramean
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
בְּלִי֙	be.Li	H1097	HTn	not
הִגִּ֣יד	hi.Gid	H5046	HVhp3ms	he told
ל֔/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	that
בֹרֵ֖חַ	vo.Re.ach	H1272	HVqrmsa	(was) fleeing
הֽוּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H761 — אֲרַמִּי (ʼĂrammîy, ar-am-mee'): patrial from אֲרָם; an Aramite or Aramaean; Syrian, Aramitess.
• H1097 — בְּלִי (bᵉlîy, bel-ee'): from בָּלָה; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.; corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
• H1272 — בָּרַח (bârach, baw-rakh'): a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly; chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
• H1589 — גָּנַב (gânab, gaw-nab'): a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive; carry away, [idiom] indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H3837 — לָבָן (Lâbân, law-bawn'): the same as לָבָן; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert; Laban.
• H5046 — נָגַד (nâgad, naw-gad'): a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; 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; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• unawares to Laban — Genesis 31:20, Genesis 31:27

Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 25:20, Deuteronomy 26:5

Related Topics

• Nave’s: HARAN, LABAN

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