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Genesis 32:23

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← Genesis 32:22	Genesis 32:23 (KJV)	Genesis 32:24 →
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.	And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.	And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he took them^H3947, and sent them over^H5674 the brook^H5158, and sent over^H5674 that he had.

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּקָם ׀ בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי שִׁפְחֹתָיו וְאֶת־אַחַד עָשָׂר יְלָדָיו וַיַּעֲבֹר אֵת מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּ֣קָם	va/i.Ya.kom	H6965	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he rose
בַּ/לַּ֣יְלָה	ba./Lay.lah	H3915	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ night
ה֗וּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	that
וַ/יִּקַּ֞ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שְׁתֵּ֤י	she.Tei	H8147	HAcfdc	(the) two
נָשָׁי/ו֙	na.Sha/v	H802	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	wives/ his
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
שְׁתֵּ֣י	she.Tei	H8147	HAcfdc	(the) two
שִׁפְחֹתָ֔י/ו	shif.cho.Ta/v	H8198	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	maidservants/ his
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
אַחַ֥ד	'a.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one (plus)
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	H6240	HAcmsa	ten
יְלָדָ֑י/ו	ye.la.Da/v	H3206	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	sons/ his
וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹ֔ר	va/i.ya.'a.Vor	H5674	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he passed over
אֵ֖ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מַעֲבַ֥ר	ma.'a.Var	H4569	HNcmsc	(the) ford of
יַבֹּֽק	ya.Bok	H2999	HNp	Jabbok

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

Strong's References

• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5158 — נַחַל (nachal, nakh'-al): or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from נָחַל in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine); brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
• H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.

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

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• 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.
• H2999 — יַבֹּק (Yabbôq, yab-boke'): probably from בָּקַק; pouring forth; Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan; Jabbok.
• H3206 — יֶלֶד (yeled, yeh'-led): from יָלַד; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring; boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H4569 — מַעֲבָר (maʻăbâr, mah-ab-awr'): or feminine מַעֲבָרָה; from עָבַר; a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming; ford, place where...pass, passage.
• H6240 — עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'): for עֶשֶׂר; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth; (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
• H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
• H8198 — שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh, shif-khaw'): feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה); a female slave (as a member of the household); (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

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

• sent them — Genesis 32:23

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• Torrey’s: PRUDENCE, TRAVELLERS
• Nave’s: PRAYER

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