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Genesis 29:1

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The Marriages of Jacob

29:1 So Jacob moved on 1  and came to the land of the eastern people. 2 

Genesis 25:6

Context
25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines 3  and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac. 4 

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[29:1]  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.

[29:1]  2 tn Heb “the land of the sons of the east.”

[25:6]  3 tn Heb “the sons of the concubines who [belonged] to Abraham.”

[25:6]  4 tn Heb “And he sent them away from upon Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.”



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