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Genesis 29:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

As Jacob continued on his way to the east,

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Every time the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites invaded Israel together with the Amalekites and other eastern nations.

All the Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern nations got together and crossed the Jordan River. Then they invaded the land of Israel and set up camp in Jezreel Valley.

Jacob escaped to Syria where he tended sheep to earn himself a wife.

So be happy and enjoy eating and drinking! God decided long ago that this is what you should do.

As soon as you command, I do what you say.

I am eager to learn all that you want me to do; help me to understand more.

Balaam said: “King Balak of Moab brought me from the hills of Syria to curse Israel and announce its doom.

He was wiser than anyone else in the world, including the wisest people of the east and of Egypt. He was even wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Mahol's three sons, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. Solomon became famous in every country around Judah and Israel.

Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with an army of 15,000 troops. They were all that was left of the army of the eastern nations, because 120,000 of their warriors had been killed in the battle.

The camp was huge. The Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern nations covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. And it would be easier to count the grains of sand on a beach than to count their camels.

and he was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria. Almost 20 years later,

Soon after that, the servant loaded ten of Abraham's camels with valuable gifts. Then he set out for the city in northern Syria, where Abraham's brother Nahor lived.

God told Jacob, “Return to Bethel, where I appeared to you when you were running from your brother Esau. Make your home there and build an altar for me.”

Jacob built an altar there and called it “God of Bethel,” because that was the place where God had appeared to him when he was running from Esau.




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