Genesis 29:12

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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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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” refers broadly to the lands east of Canaan, especially Mesopotamia; Haran was a city in northern Mesopotamia where Abraham’s relatives had settled. Jacob’s arrival there fulfills his journey to his mother’s kin and sets the scene for his meeting with Rachel and Laban.

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Genesis 29:12 mentions East and Haran.