Genesis 29:1

Overview - Genesis 29
Jacob comes to the well of Haran.
He becomes acquainted with Rachel.
13 Laban entertains him.
18 Jacob covenants for Rachel.
23 He is deceived by Laban with Leah.
28 He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more.
32 Leah bears Reuben;
33 Simeon;
34 Levi;
35 and Judah.
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Genesis 29:1  (King James Version)
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
 


Jacob
Psalms 119:32 Psalms 119:60 ; Ecclesiastes 9:7

went on his journey
Hebrew lifted up his feet. came.
22:20-23 24:10 25:20 28:5-7 Numbers 23:7 ; Judges 6:3 Judges 6:33 ; 7:12 8:10
1 Kings 4:30 ; Hosea 12:12

people
Hebrew children. east.
The district of Mesopotamia, and the whole country beyond the Euphrates, are called Kedem, or the East, in the Sacred Writings.