Genesis 29:1

Then Iacob lyfte vp his fete and wet toward the east countre.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

In Context

2And as he loked aboute behold there was a well in the feld and.iij. flockes of shepe laye therby (for at that well were the flockes watered) and there laye a great stone at the well mouth

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Cross References

Genesis 24:10And the seruaunte toke.x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cytie of Nahor.

Genesis 25:20And Isaac was.xl. yere olde whe he toke Rebecca to wyfe the doughter of Bethuel the Sirian of Mesopotamia and sister to Iaban the Sirien.

Genesis 35:1And God sayd vnto Iacob aryse ad get the vp to Bethell and dwell there. And make there an aulter vnto God that apeared vnto the when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother.

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 →

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