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Paddan-aram
Paddan-aram is a place in northern Mesopotamia that appears in Genesis as the homeland of Rebekah and Laban and as the place where Jacob lived in the household of his uncle Laban. It is commonly understood to refer to the region around Haran.
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- MesopotamiaBible
Mesopotamia is a biblical place name for the region between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers and the homeland of Abraham's family. In the Old Testament it refers mainly to the northern Aramean territory around Haran.
- AramBible
Aram is the Old Testament name for a Semitic people who lived in what is now Syria and northern Mesopotamia, and for the states they established. In the New Testament the region is usually called Syria.
- LabanPeople
Laban was an Aramean of Haran who appears in the book of Genesis. The brother of Rebekah, the uncle of Jacob, and the father of Leah and Rachel, he kept Jacob in his household for twenty years.
- HamorPeople
Hamor was a Hivite of the Canaanite city of Shechem and the father of Shechem, mentioned in Genesis 33–34. As head of the family that sold land to Jacob, he was killed by Simeon and Levi after the incident involving Dinah.
- Genesis 31Bible
Genesis 31 is the chapter in which Jacob, at God's direction, secretly leaves Laban's household with his wives, children, and possessions. Laban pursues him, and after a dispute at Mount Gilead the two make a covenant, marked by a heap of stones as a witness, and then part ways.
- ShechemBible
Shechem was an ancient Canaanite city in the hill country of Ephraim, situated between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. In Scripture it appears as a major setting for covenant and political events from the patriarchal period through the division of the kingdom.
- Shechem (Son of Hamor)People
Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite and chief of the city of Shechem, appears in Genesis 34. After violating Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, he asked to take her as his wife and was killed by Simeon and Levi.
- Genesis 28Bible
Genesis 28 recounts how Jacob, fleeing his brother Esau on his way to his uncle Laban, dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven and receives God's promise, then names the place Bethel and makes a vow.