Genesis 27:21

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Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."

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The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.
Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

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Haran was a city in upper Mesopotamia where Abraham’s relatives lived and where Jacob would later flee after deceiving Isaac. Though not named in this verse,

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Genesis 27:21 mentions Haran.

Haran · Zhengan

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