Then Jacob set out on his journey, and went to 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.
- KJV Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people 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.
- 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 6:3So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
- Judg 6:33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
- 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.
- Num 23:7He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
- Eccl 9:7Go your way — eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- Ps 119:32I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY
- Ps 119:60I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
- 1 Kgs 4:30Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- Judg 7:12The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.
- Gen 25:20Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
- Judg 8:10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
- Gen 22:20–23After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
- Gen 24:10The servant took ten camels, of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
- Gen 28:5–7Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah’s brother, 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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