Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- BSB Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- NKJV So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- NASB Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.
- NLT As Jacob started on his way again, angels of God came to meet him.
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Cross-references · 6
- Ps 91:11For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
- Eph 3:10to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
- Ps 34:7Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
- Heb 1:4having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.
- 2 Kgs 6:16–17He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
- 1 Cor 3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
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