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גִּלְעָד H1568

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Gilead

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

Gilead

Note

The hill country east of the Jordan, usually with the article; explained by גַּל עֵד (31:47–48). Names table

Rulings

17, 18

Occurrences (4)

Genesis 31

• 31:21 And he bolted, he and all that was his; and he rose and passed over the River, and put his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
• 31:23 And he took his brothers with him and pursued behind him a way of seven days, and clung to him on the mountain of Gilead.
• 31:25 And Laban overtook Jacob. And Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain, and Laban pitched with his brothers on the mountain of Gilead.

Genesis 37

• 37:25 And they sat to eat bread, and they lifted their eyes and saw, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels lifting gum and balm and ladanum, going to bring down to Egypt.