KJV ORIGINAL
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes Jacob beginning a long journey from his homeland to a distant place where his relatives lived.
📚 Historical Context
Jacob was fleeing from his brother Esau, who wanted to kill him after Jacob had tricked him out of his birthright and blessing. Beersheba was in the southern part of Canaan where Isaac lived, while Haran was hundreds of miles north in Mesopotamia, where Jacob's uncle Laban and his mother's family lived. This journey would take Jacob away from the Promised Land for twenty years.
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