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Genesis 29:4

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“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

This chapter gives us an account of God's providences concerning Jacob, pursuant to the promises made to him in the foregoing chapter. I. How he was brought in safety to his journey's end, and directed to his relations there, who bade him welcome (Gen 29:1-14). II. How he was comfortably disposed of in marriage (v. 15-30). III. How his family was built up in the birth of four sons (Gen 29:31-35). The affairs of princes and mighty nations that were then in being are not recorded in the book of God, but are left to be buried in oblivion; while these small domestic concerns of holy Jacob are particularly recorded with their minute circumstances, that they may be in everlasting remembrance. For "the memory of the just is blessed."

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, H3290) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) אָח (ʼâch, H251) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or… אַיִן (ʼayin, H370) — where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence) חָרָן (Chârân, H2771) — Charan, the name of a man and also of a place

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Genesis 28:10rank 5

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

Genesis 27:43rank 4

So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 11:31rank 3

And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 24:10rank 3

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

Acts 7:4rank 3

So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

Acts 7:2rank 3

And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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