Genesis 29:1
Jacob went quickly on his way, and arrived in the land of the eastern people.
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In The King James Version
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
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Genesis 24:10Then the servant arranged for ten of his master's camels to carry all kinds of valuable gifts from Abraham and left for the town of Nahor in Aram-naharaim.
Genesis 25:20When Isaac was 40 he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 35:1Then God told Jacob, “Get ready to go to Bethel and live there. Build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”
Numbers 23:7This is the declaration that Balaam gave: “Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the mountains of the east. He said, ‘Come and curse Jacob for me! Come and condemn Israel!’
Judges 6:33All the Midianites, Amalekites, and other peoples of the East gathered together and crossed over the Jordan. They camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
Judges 8:10Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies of around fifteen thousand men. These were all who remained of the armies of the people of the East—one hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already been killed.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:1
This chapter gives us an account of God's providences concerning Jacob, pursuant to the promises made to him in the foregoing chapter. I. How he was brought in safety to his journey's end, and directed to his relations there, who bade him welcome, ver. 1-14 . II. How he was comfortably disposed of in marriage, ver. 15-30 . III. How his family was built up in the birth of four sons, ver. 31-35 . The affairs of princes and mighty nations that were then in being are not recorded in the book of God, but are left to be… Read the whole commentary →