Genesis 29:1
Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
2 He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
3 When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
- KJV
- Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
- WEB
- Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
- ASV
- Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
- DARBY
- And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east.
- BLB
- And Jacob lifted his feet and he went to the land of the sons of the East.
- ÅB
- Så gav Jakob seg nok en gang på veien og dro til Østens barns land.
- OTB
- Jakob fortsatte sin reise og kom til landet til de østlige folkene.
- B1930
- Så gav Jakob sig atter på veien og drog til Østens barns land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
Read in contextHosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
Read in contextJudges 6:33
Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
Read in contextPsalms 119:32
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
Read in contextPsalms 119:60
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
Read in contextNumbers 23:7
And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
Read in context1 Kings 4:30
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
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