Genesis 27:43

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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

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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, northwest of Canaan, where Abraham’s relatives had settled. In this passage Isaac sends Jacob there to escape Esau’s anger and to find a wife among his mother Rebekah’s family, preserving the covenant line.

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Genesis 27:43 mentions Haran.