Ge 29:1-35. THE WELL OF HARAN.
1. Then Jacob went, &c.--Hebrew, "lifted up his feet." He
resumed his way next morning with a light heart and elastic step after
the vision of the ladder; for tokens of the divine favor tend to
quicken the discharge of duty
(Ne 8:10).
and came into the land, &c.--Mesopotamia and the whole region
beyond the Euphrates are by the sacred writers designated "the East"
(Jud 6:3;
1Ki 4:30;
Job 1:3).
Between the first and the second clause of this verse is included a
journey of four hundred miles.
JFB.
Outline
1 Jacob comes to the well of Haran
9 Jacob meets Rachel
13 Jacob is entertained by Laban
18 He covenants for Rachel
23 Jacob is deceived with Leah
28 Jacob marries Rachel also, and serves for her seven years
more
32 Leah bears Reuben
33 Simeon
34 Levi
35 and Judah
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The land of the people of the east.
Haran
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