Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
- KJV And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
- BSB Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
- NKJV Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
- NLT Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.
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Quick answer
Jacob sets out from Beersheba toward Haran, beginning his long journey into exile.
Overview
Alone and fleeing, Jacob leaves the family home for the unknown land of his mother's kindred. This solitary departure becomes the setting for his first direct encounter with God. The narrative shifts from family intrigue to the personal call of God upon Jacob himself.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Acts 7:2He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Gen 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
- Gen 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
- Hos 12:12Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
- Acts 25:13Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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