Genesis 29:15

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Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

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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” broadly denotes the lands east of Canaan, especially Mesopotamia; Haran was a city in upper Mesopotamia. Jacob had fled there to his maternal relatives, so Laban’s discussion of wages concerns Jacob’s continuing service within his uncle’s household.

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Genesis 29:15 mentions East and Haran.