Genesis 29:1
After that he went from Bethel on foot. At last he came to them in another country, in the east.
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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.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 24:10After that that worker gathered possessions and gold and various things from Abraham's (belongings). If he should get a young girl, he would give (them) to that girl and her father and mother. After that he got 10 of Abraham's camels, he went towards that country, towards Mesopotamia. He was going camp by camp right to that town, to what's-that-place, Abraham's younger brother, Nahor, used to live there.
Genesis 35:1After that God said to Jacob, “Leave this country, go to Bethel, stay there. That is where I appeared to you earlier, when you were running away afraid because of your brother Esau. As soon you come to Bethel you will pile up stones, there you will talk to me.” In that way God talked to Jacob.
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 →