Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 29:1

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 29:1 - 29:1

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 29:1 - 29:1

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29:1 - 29:1
29:2 - 29:2
29:3 - 29:3
29:4 - 29:4
29:8 - 29:8
29:9 - 29:9
29:12 - 29:12
29:14 - 29:14
29:17 - 29:17
29:18 - 29:18
29:21 - 29:21
29:28 - 29:28
29:29 - 29:29
29:31 - 29:31
29:32 - 29:32

Gen 29:1-35. The well of Haran.

Then Jacob went, etc. - Hebrew, “lifted up his feet.” He resumed his way next morning with a light heart and elastic step after the vision of the ladder; for tokens of the divine favor tend to quicken the discharge of duty (Neh 8:10).

and came into the land, etc. - Mesopotamia and the whole region beyond the Euphrates are by the sacred writers designated “the East” (Jdg 6:3; 1Ki 4:30; Job 1:3). Between the first and the second clause of this verse is included a journey of four hundred miles.