Genesis 29:12

Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.

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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

11Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

13When Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:14When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued 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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