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Genesis 31:22

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

KJV

nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Jacob.

Vulgate

Ἀνηγγέλη δὲ Λαβὰν τῷ Σύρῳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ὅτι ἀπέδρα Ἰακώβ·

LXX

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

ASV

וַ/יֻּגַּ֥ד לְ/לָבָ֖ן בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֑י כִּ֥י בָרַ֖ח יַעֲקֹֽב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People LabanJacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
shlyshy
noun · 108×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 14:5 — And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go fro
  • Gen 30:36 — And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
  • Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.