Jacob in Haran (1)

Jacob, greatly refreshed by the message of his vision, sets out with new hope and a confidence re­stored, for the residence of his uncle. Turning east from Bethel, he passed along the northern edge of the Arabian desert and came "into the land of the people of the east." In the plain of Haran he spies a well and three flocks of sheep nearby waiting to be watered. He is soon in conversation with the shepherds. From them he learns that they came from Haran, and were well acquainted with Laban. In...