He went on his journey from the south, even to Bethel.

Literally, "he went according to his removings," that is, by encampments, pausing at each until the pasturage grew scanty, and then moving on. Bethel seems to have been the goal towards which he was moving--a favorite spot, because of its religious associations. The very name means "the house of God."

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