Genesis 29:4

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Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

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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 upper Mesopotamia, where Abraham’s family had settled. Jacob’s arrival there fulfills his journey to his mother Rebekah’s kin and sets the scene for his meeting with Laban’s household.

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Genesis 29:4 mentions East and Haran.