Genesis 28:10
in Genesis 28Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
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ASV
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
KJV
And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
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This verse in Genesis 28
Commentary
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Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran
on Genesis 28:10-11
Jacob leaves Beersheba, where Abraham had planted a tamarisk and Isaac had built an altar at 26:25, and he goes alone. The sun had set, so he spent the night at a certain place with a stone under his head. That ground is what the LORD promises him in the dream.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Jacob went out from Beersheba,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Jacob went out, &c.--His departure from his father's house was an ignominious flight; and for fear of being pursued or waylaid by his vindictive brother, he did not take the common road, but went by lonely and unfrequented paths, which increased the length and dangers of the journey.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
[AND HE LIGHTED UPON THE PLACE.] The reason the bet of ba-makom (the place) 10 There is a difference between be-makom and ba-makom.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֥א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֖ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| מִבְּאֵ֣ר | mibeer | from Beer | H884 → | 68 times |
| שָׁ֑בַע | shava' | Sheba | H884 → | 68 times |
| וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| חָרָֽנָה׃ | charanah | Haran towards | H2771 → | 12 times |
וַיֵּצֵ֥אand he went out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
יַעֲקֹ֖בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
מִבְּאֵ֣רfrom Beer
mibeerH884 →68 times
שָׁ֑בַעSheba
shava'H884 →68 times
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
חָרָֽנָה׃Haran towards
charanahH2771 →12 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:7
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- Acts 7:2–4
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Joshua 24:2–3
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and…
- Genesis 15:7
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
- Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
- Nehemiah 9:7
Through
Acts 7:2And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
it leads to
- Acts 22:1
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
- Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…
- Acts 22:1
Through
Genesis 32:10I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
it leads to
- Psalms 18:35
You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
- Psalms 18:35
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
- PlaceThe NegevBeershebaThe well of the oath at the south of the land, where Abraham made his covenant with Abimelech and planted a tamarisk, where Isaac…
- PlaceUpper MesopotamiaHaranThe city in upper Mesopotamia where Terah died and Abram received his call, where Jacob served Laban twenty years for his wives an…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.