Genesis 29:5

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He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."

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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 northern Mesopotamia. Haran, a city in that region, was the home of Abraham’s relatives; Jacob’s question identifies Laban as part of his mother Rebekah’s family, whom he had been sent to find.

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Genesis 29:5 mentions East and Haran.