Genesis 29:12

Jacob said to Rachel, “I am your father’s relative. My mother’s name is Rebekah, and she is your father’s sister.” Then Rachel ran home and told her father Laban what happened.

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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

11Then he kissed Rachel on the cheek, and he started to cry out loud because he was so happy.

13As soon as Laban heard that his sister’s son Jacob came to Haran, he ran to meet Jacob. Then Laban hugged Jacob and kissed him on the cheek, and he took Jacob to his house. And Jacob told Laban about the things that happened to him.

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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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