Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
KJV
Noluitque Jacob confiteri socero suo quod fugeret.
Vulgate
ἔκρυψεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ Λαβὰν τὸν Σύρον, τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι αὐτῷ ὅτι ἀποδιδράσκει·
LXX
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
ASV
וַ/יִּגְנֹ֣ב יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶת לֵ֥ב לָבָ֖ן הָ/אֲרַמִּ֑י עַל בְּלִי֙ הִגִּ֣יד ל֔/וֹ כִּ֥י בֹרֵ֖חַ הֽוּא
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲרַמִּי֙
'rmy
noun · 11×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
י
y
noun · 591×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תִּגְנֹ֤ב
tgnb
verb · 39×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
- Gen 31:27 — Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?