Genesis 35:21
New International Version
Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

New Living Translation
Then Jacob traveled on and camped beyond Migdal-eder.

English Standard Version
Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Berean Standard Bible
Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

King James Bible
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

New King James Version
Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

New American Standard Bible
Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

NASB 1995
Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

NASB 1977
Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Amplified Bible
Then Israel (Jacob) journeyed on and pitched his tent on the other side of the tower of Eder [the lookout point used by shepherds].

Christian Standard Bible
Israel set out again and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel set out again and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

American Standard Version
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Israel picked up and he pitched his tent from there to Magdala of Gadar.

Brenton Septuagint Translation


Contemporary English Version
Jacob, also known as Israel, traveled to the south of Eder Tower, where he set up camp.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.

English Revised Version
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

Good News Translation
Jacob moved on and set up his camp on the other side of the tower of Eder.

International Standard Version
Jacob continued his travels, and eventually pitched his tent facing Migdal Eder.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

Literal Standard Version
And Israel journeys, and stretches out his tent beyond the Tower of Edar;

Majority Standard Bible
Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

New American Bible
Israel moved on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

NET Bible
Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

New Revised Standard Version
Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

New Heart English Bible
And Israel traveled and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

World English Bible
Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Young's Literal Translation
And Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Sons of Jacob
21Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder. 22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:…

Cross References
Joshua 15:21
These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Micah 4:8
And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion--the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem."


Treasury of Scripture

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

tower.

Micah 4:8
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Luke 2:8
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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Genesis 35
1. God commands Jacob to go to Bethel.
2. He purges his house of idols.
6. He builds an altar at Bethel.
8. Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth.
9. God blesses Jacob at Bethel.
10. Jacob Named Israel.
16. Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar.
22. Reuben lies with Bilhah.
23. The sons of Jacob.
27. Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron.
28. The age, death, and burial of Isaac.














(21) The tower of Edar.--Heb., Eder. Micah (Genesis 4:8) calls it "the hill of the daughter of Zion;" but the word used often means a beacon-hill, a hill on which a tower for observation is erected, wrongly translated in the Authorised Version a stronghold. The tower may, therefore, have been a few miles south of Jerusalem; and as the word "beyond" includes the idea of up to, as far as, the meaning is that Jacob now occupied this region permanently with his cattle. Until Esau, with his possessions, withdrew to Seir, there would be no room for Jacob and his flocks and herds at Hebron, but he would at Eder be so near his father as to be able often to visit him. And thus his exile was now over, and he was at last at home.

Verse 21. - And Israel (or Jacob) journeyed (from Ephrath, after the funeral of Rachel), and spread - i.e. unfolded (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:25) - his tent beyond the tower of Edar - literally, to, i.e. not trans (Vulgate), ultra (Dathe), but ad, usque (Rosenmüller), as far as Migdol Edar, the Tower of the Flock - probably a turret, or watch-tower, erected for the convenience of shepherds in guarding their flocks (2 Kings 18:8; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 27:4), - the site of which is uncertain, but which is commonly supposed to have Been a mile (Jerome) or more south of Bethlehem." The LXX. omit this verse.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Israel again
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

set out
וַיִּסַּ֖ע (way·yis·sa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey

and pitched
וַיֵּ֣ט (way·yêṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

his tent
אָֽהֳלֹ֔ה‪‬ (’ā·ho·lōh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 168: A tent

beyond
מֵהָ֖לְאָה (mê·hā·lə·’āh)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 1973: To the distance, far away, thus far

the Tower of Eder.
עֵֽדֶר׃ (‘ê·ḏer)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4029: Eder -- 'flock tower', a tower near Bethlehem


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