So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.
21. the River ] i.e. the Euphrates. See note on Gen 15:18. Cf. Psa 72:8, “from the River unto the ends of the earth.” “Haran” (Gen 24:4) was Laban’s home.
toward the mountain of Gilead ] i.e. towards the hill-country on the east side of Jordan. The name “Gilead” is here used in its widest application.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 21. Passed over the river] The Euphrates, as the Targum properly notices. But how could he pass such a river with his flocks, c.? This difficulty does not seem to have struck critics in general. The rabbins felt it, and assert that God wrought a miracle for Jacob on this occasion, and that he passed over dry shod. As we know not in what other way he could pass, it is prudent to refer it to the power of God, which accompanied him through the whole of his journey. There might, however, have been fords well known to both Jacob and Laban, by which they might readily pass.
The mount Gilead.] What the ancient name of this mountain was, we know not but it is likely that it had not the name of Gilead till after the transaction mentioned Ge 31:47. The mountains of Gilead were eastward of the country possessed by the tribes of Reuben and Gad; and extended from Mount Hermon to the mountains of Moab.-Calmet. It is joined to Mount Libanus, and includes the mountainous region called in the New Testament Trachonitis. – Dodd.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The river Euphrates, which lay between Mesopotamia and Chaldea, Gen 15:18, which for its largeness and famousness is oft called the river emphatically, as Exo 23:31; Jos 24:2,3, &c.
And set his face, i.e. resolutely directed his course. See Jer 50:5; Luk 9:51,53.
Mount Gilead, a very high and long mountain beyond Jordan, adjoining to the mountain of Lebanon, at the foot of which there was a large and fruitful country, which from the mountain received the name of Gilead, Deu 34:1; Jer 8:22; 22:6. This mountain is here called Gilead by anticipation, as appears from Gen 31:48.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
So he fled with all that he had,…. His wives, his children, cattle and substance;
and he rose up, and passed over the river; the river Euphrates, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it, which lay between Mesopotamia and Canaan;
and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead: he travelled and bent his course that way: this, was a mountain on the border of the land of Canaan, adjoining to Lebanon, near which was a very fruitful country, which had its name from it: it is so called here by way of anticipation; for this name was afterwards given it from the heap of stones here laid, as a witness of the agreement between Laban and Jacob, Ge 31:45.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(21) The river.The Euphrates.
Mount Gilead.Gilead, the region of rock, was the mountainous frontier between the Aramean and Canaanite races. The form of the word is so remote from ordinary Hebrew that we have in it, probably, a very old appellation of this region; and Jacob apparently plays upon it in his name Galeed (Gen. 31:47).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
21. The river Euphrates, near which he probably abode at that time . Mount Gilead So called by anticipation here . Comp . Gen 31:47-48.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.
Ver. 21. He passed over the river. ] Euphrates; and so declined the ordinary way, that Laban might not overtake him; which yet he did. So God would have it, that he might have the greater glory of Jacob’s deliverance.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the river = the Euphrates. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Genus).
Gilead = perpetual fountain. Compare Num 32:1, Num 32:39. Deu 3:12-16; Deu 34:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
passed: Gen 2:14, Gen 15:18, Jos 24:2, Jos 24:3
set his: Gen 46:28, Num 24:1, 2Ki 12:17, Jer 50:5, Luk 9:51-53
Gilead: Gen 31:23, Num 32:1, Deu 3:12, Jos 13:8, Jos 13:9, Jdg 10:18, 1Ki 17:1
Reciprocal: Gen 31:27 – Wherefore Gen 37:25 – Gilead Gen 41:1 – the river Deu 11:29 – General 2Sa 24:6 – Gilead Jer 42:15 – If