Genesis 29:12

And Ya'akov told Rachel that he was the relative of her av, and that he was ben Rivkah; and she ran and told her av.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

In Context

11And Ya'akov kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

13And it came to pass, when Lavan heard the news of Ya'akov ben achoto, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his bais. And he told Lavan all these things.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:14And when Avram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own bais, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:10-15

Rachel's Humility and Industry. ( b. c. 1760.) 9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and… Read the whole commentary →

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