Genesis 29:5
He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?” “Yes, we know him.”
Nyangumarta (portions)
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
6“Is he well?” “Yes, he is well. Look, that is his daughter, she is coming now with sheep.”
Cross References
Genesis 24:24She replied, “My father is Bethuel. He is Nahor's son, his mother is Milcah.
Genesis 31:53One of us two might ignore this word, God will know about him. Our two paternal grandfathers, Abraham and Nahor, used to obey him. Perhaps I might ignore that word. In that case truly that same one, God, he will hit me. Perhaps you might ignore that word. In that case truly that same one, God, he will hit you.” Like that Laban spoke to Jacob. Jacob listened to Laban's word. He said to Laban, “That same God is the one my father Isaac used to obey, that God knows about me. I am keeping that word for you.”
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 →