Genesis 29:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

Jacob asked the shepherds, “Where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they answered.

Cross References

Genesis 28:10

Jacob left the town of Beersheba and started out for Haran.

Genesis 27:43

Now listen carefully and do what I say. Go to the home of my brother Laban in Haran

Acts 7:4

Then Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, Abraham came and settled in this land where you now live.

Acts 7:2

Stephen answered: Friends, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he had moved to Haran.

Genesis 24:10

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.

Genesis 11:31

Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they settled there instead.

Genesis 29:3

Shepherds would roll the rock away when all their sheep had gathered there. Then after the sheep had been watered, the shepherds would roll the rock back over the mouth of the well.