Genesis 29:1

Good News Translation

Jacob continued on his way and went toward the land of the East.

Cross References

Genesis 24:10

The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Genesis 25:20

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban.

Genesis 25:6

but while he was still alive, he gave presents to the sons his other wives had borne him. Then he sent these sons to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac.

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother.

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt.

Psalm 119:32

I will eagerly obey your commands, because you will give me more understanding.

Psalm 119:60

Without delay I hurry to obey your commands.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go ahead—eat your food and be happy; drink your wine and be cheerful. It's all right with God.

Hosea 12:12

Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep.

Numbers 23:7

Balaam uttered this prophecy: “Balak king of Moab has brought me From Syria, from the eastern mountains. ‘Come speak for me,’ he said. ‘Put a curse on the people of Israel.’

Judges 6:3

Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and the desert tribes and attack them.

Judges 6:33

Then all the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribes assembled, crossed the Jordan River, and camped in Jezreel Valley.

Judges 7:12

The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and they had as many camels as there are grains of sand on the seashore.

Judges 8:10

Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor with their army. Of the whole army of desert tribesmen, only about 15,000 were left; 120,000 soldiers had been killed.