Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
- BSB Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
- NKJV So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East.
- NASB Then Jacob set out on his journey, and went to the land of the people of the east.
- NLT Then Jacob hurried on, finally arriving in the land of the east.
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Quick answer
Jacob continues his journey and arrives in the land of the people of the east.
Overview
With renewed purpose after Bethel, Jacob presses on toward Haran, the region of his mother's family. The brief travel note conveys momentum, as if the encounter with God gave fresh energy to his steps. God's providence now guides him toward the household where the covenant family will be built.
Cross-references & the web
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- Judg 6:3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
- Judg 6:33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
- Hos 12:12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
- Num 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- Eccl 9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
- Ps 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- Ps 119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- 1 Kgs 4:30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- Judg 7:12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
- Gen 25:20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
- Judg 8:10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
- Gen 22:20–23And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
- Gen 24:10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
- Gen 28:5–7And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
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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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