Genesis 29:21

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Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."

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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, in upper Mesopotamia, was Laban’s home and the place Jacob had fled; there Jacob completed seven years of service and asked to receive Rachel as his wife.

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Genesis 29:21 mentions East and Haran.