went on his journey Heb. lifted up his feet.

the children of the east A phrase generally used of the nomad Arab tribes to the east of Palestine: see note on Genesis 25:6. Cf. Numbers 23:7; Judges 6:3. Here it is used for the Aramaeans of Haran, N.E. of Palestine.

In Hosea 12:12 Jacob is said to have "fled into the field of Aram."

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