29:1 So Jacob moved on 1 and came to the land of the eastern people. 2
1 tn Heb “and Jacob lifted up his feet.” This unusual expression suggests that Jacob had a new lease on life now that God had promised him the blessing he had so desperately tried to gain by his own efforts. The text portrays him as having a new step in his walk.
2 tn Heb “the land of the sons of the east.”