Genesis 29:5

Jacob asked, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They answered, “Yes we know him.”

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In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

In Context

4Jacob walked up to the shepherds and said, “Hello my brothers, where are you from?” And they answered, “We are from Harran.”

6Jacob asked, “How is he?” And they answered, “He is well, but hey look, here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

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Cross References

Genesis 24:24Rebekah answered, “My father's name is Bethuel. And my grandparents are Milcah and Nahor.

Genesis 31:53Our old people, Abraham, Nahor, and their father Terah worshipped and respected God. So God will be our witness when we make those promises to each other. And we will ask him to punish us if we do the wrong thing.” Jacob agreed with his uncle and used God's name as he made his promise.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:2-9

Jacob's Arrival at Padan-aram. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said… Read the whole commentary →

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