Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
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
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Read in contextHosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Read in contextJudges 6:33
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Read in contextPsalms 119:32
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Read in contextPsalms 119:60
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Read in contextNumbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Read in context1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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