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And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gil'e-ad even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; the plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chin'nereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ash'dothpis'gah eastward.
Deuteronomy 3. 1999
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Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
The Bible, King James version, Book 5: Deuteronomy Anonymous
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Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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The Jabbok is the Wady-ez-Zerka, as almost all commentators agree -- ez-Zerka signifying "the blue" i.e. the clear mountain stream.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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003: 016 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border [of it], even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
The World English Bible (WEB): Anonymous
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16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721
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Deu 3:16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even as far as the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley as a border and as far as the river Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;
Demystifying the Bible James F. McGrath 2009
52james commented on the word Jabbok
Had to look this up when Marilynne Robinson used it in her latest novel, Jack: "His entire life was an engrossing confusion, very small change cosmically speaking, and still anything at all could loom up like a great foreshadowing and accuse him. A baffled struggle in a dark place. A veritable Jabbok. Some laming involved" (pg 258 in F,S&G, NY: 2020 1st edition). So this word gets used in Deuteronomy, and Biblical commentators claim it's the Zarka river, which in the Bible forms a border of Gilead. This Jabbok, or Zarka river is where Jacob wrestled with an angel, who renamed him Israel, and dislocated his hip in Genesis 32:22-32. Ok. Now that's all cleared up, I'm sure. Jack is for sure a preacher's son.
January 25, 2021