²³ Taking his relatives^(A) with him^(B), he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.^(C)

²⁵ Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead^(A) when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too.

²⁵ As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites^(A) coming from Gilead.^(B) Their camels were loaded with spices, balm^(C) and myrrh,^(D) and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.^(E)

The Transjordan Tribes

32 The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks,^(A) saw that the lands of Jazer^(B) and Gilead^(C) were suitable for livestock.^(D)

¹⁰ We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah^(A) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

⁶ For this is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah: