Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
Parallel translations
- KJV Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
- BSB Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
- NKJV Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.
- NASB Then Jacob stood up and put his children and his wives on camels;
- NLT So Jacob put his wives and children on camels,
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Cross-references · 3
- Gen 24:10The servant took ten camels, of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
- Gen 24:61Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
- 1 Sam 30:17David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
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