Genesis 29:33

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She conceived again, and bare a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

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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 Mesopotamia; Haran was a city in that region where Jacob lived with Laban. Leah’s naming of Simeon occurs within Jacob’s household there, before God later brings him back to the promised land.

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Genesis 29:33 mentions East and Haran.