And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Jacob went out, ... His departure from his father's house was an ignominous flight; and for fear of being pursued or waylaid by his vindictive brother, he did not take the common road, but went by lonely and unfrequented paths, which increased the length and dangers of the journey, until, deeming himself at a secure distance, he seems to have gone on the great road northward along the central mountain-ridge of Canaan.