Genesis 31:16-18
Common English Bible
16 All of the wealth God took from our father belongs to us and our children. Now, do everything God told you to do.”
17 So Jacob got up, put his sons and wives on the camels, 18 and set out with all of his livestock and all of his possessions that he had acquired[a] in Paddan-aram in order to return to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
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- Genesis 31:18 LXX; MT includes he had acquired, the livestock in his possession.
Genesis 31:16-18
New International Version
16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children.(A) So do whatever God has told you.”
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(B) on camels,(C) 18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated(D) in Paddan Aram,[a](E) to go to his father Isaac(F) in the land of Canaan.(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
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