Genesis 29:4
Jacob asked them,“My brothers, where are you from?” They replied,“We’re from Haran.”
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- Gen 28:10 : 10 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.
- Gen 27:43 : 43 Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.
- Acts 7:2 : 2 So he replied,“Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
- Acts 7:4 : 4 Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.
- Gen 11:31 : 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.
- Gen 24:10 : 10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.
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5So he said to them,“Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?”“We know him,” they said.
6“Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied,“He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
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29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.
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10Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.
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3When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.
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27So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Gen 29:9-102 verses74%
9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.
10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.
- Gen 43:6-72 verses73%
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
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1The Marriages of Jacob So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.
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2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
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3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”
4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
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16He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”
17The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
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17He instructed the servant leading the first herd,“When my brother Esau meets you and asks,‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’
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29(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.
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12When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.
13When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him.
14Then Laban said to him,“You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.
15Then Laban said to Jacob,“Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”
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43Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.
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14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
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9Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’
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5So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
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4He commanded them,“This is what you must say to my lord Esau:‘This is what your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.
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27The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.”
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4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
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1Joseph’s Dreams But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.
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8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked,“Who are these?”
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1Jacob’s Flight from Laban Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining,“Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
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29Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
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25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.
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8Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”
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37When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us!
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32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’