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Genesis 28:10

IsraelBeershebaHaran

8 And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

9 Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

11 On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

12 And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

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BSB
Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
KJV
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
WEB
Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
ASV
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
DARBY
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.
BLB
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
ÅB
Jakob tok ut fra Be'erseba og gav seg på veien til Karan.
OTB
Jakob dro fra Beersheba og satte kursen mot Haran.
B1930
Jakob tok ut fra Be'erseba og gav sig på veien til Karan.

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:2

    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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  • Genesis 32:10

    I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

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  • Genesis 11:31

    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.

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  • Hosea 12:12

    Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.

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