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16 All those things that God has taken from our father belong to us and to our children. Do what God has told you to do.”

17 Jacob got up, placed his children and his wives on camels, 18 and led all the animals away. He took all his possessions with him, including the animals that he acquired in Paddan-aram, in order to return to Isaac, his father, in the land of Canaan.

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16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children.(A) So do whatever God has told you.”

17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(B) on camels,(C) 18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated(D) in Paddan Aram,[a](E) to go to his father Isaac(F) in the land of Canaan.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia