Genesis 29:10-12
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[10] It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. [11] Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. [12] Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passage“The East” denotes the lands east of Canaan, especially the Aramean region of Mesopotamia. Haran, in northern Mesopotamia, was the home of Abraham’s relatives; Jacob’s arrival there and meeting with Rachel advances God’s covenant purposes through the family line.
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Genesis 29:10-12 mentions East and Haran.
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