Genesis 29:1

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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

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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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“The east” denotes the lands east of Canaan, especially the Aramean region of northern Mesopotamia. Haran, a city in that region where Abraham’s relatives lived, is Jacob’s destination as he flees Esau and seeks a wife from his mother’s kin.

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Genesis 29:1 mentions East and Haran.