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Genesis 28:10

IsraelBeershebaHaran

8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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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 he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

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  • Genesis 32:10

    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

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  • Genesis 11:31

    And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

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  • Hosea 12:12

    And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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