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Jacobיַעֲקֹבlifted up his feetוַיִּשָּׂא רַגְלָיוand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto the landאַרְצָהof the sonsבְנֵיof the east.קֶדֶם
Genesis 29:1
Study it in the app“Jacob lifted up his feet and went to the land of the sons of the east.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:1, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- lifted up his feetיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- lifted up his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to the landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of the eastקֶדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He looked, and look, a well in the field, and look, there three flocks of sheep were lying beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the mouth of the well was large.
To study Genesis 29 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Jacob’s seven years of service were over, and what did he say to Laban (vv. 20-28)?
2. What it means
What irony is there in Jacob, who deceived his father, now being deceived by Laban (v. 25)?
3. How I live it
How can you stay honest with others even when the opposite would suit you better?