Genesis 29:5

Then he said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “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 said to the men, “My friends, from where do you come?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

6He said to them, “Is all well with him?” They said, “All is well; indeed, this is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.”

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Cross References

Genesis 24:24She answered, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah and Nahor.

Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor” (the God of their ancestors) “judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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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