Genesis 24:29
in Genesis 24Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.
KJV
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
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This verse in Genesis 24
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Rebekah had a brother . . . Laban ran out--From what we know of his character, there is reason to believe that the sight of the dazzling presents increased both his haste and his invitation.
This site's exposition
The girl ran and told her mother's household
on Genesis 24:28-31
Laban enters the book here. He rushed out to the man, and the reason follows next, that he had seen the ring and her bracelets. Then comes the welcome: you who are blessed by the LORD. He will bargain over Jacob's wages for twenty years in chapters 29 to 31.
This site's exposition
he rushed out to the man
Three people run in this part of the chapter. The servant ran to meet her at verse 17, Rebekah ran home at verse 28, and Laban rushes out here. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown judged from his later dealings that the dazzling presents added to Laban's haste.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But when he has the desired success, he worships God, not the angel. Whatever benefit we have by the ministration of angels, all the glory must be given to the Lord of the angels, Rev. xxii.
Thus we are directed to take notice of God's providence in the little common occurrences of human life, and in them also to exercise our own prudence, and other graces: for the scripture was not intended only for the use of philosophers and statesmen, but to make us all wise and virtuous in the conduct of ourselves and families.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban,.... Perhaps he was her only brother, or however the elder brother, the principal in the family, her father Bethuel being old: and Laban ran out: out of his house, and out of the city of Haran: unto the man unto the well; this was after Rebekah had got home, and had related to the family whom she had met with at the well, and what had passed between them, as follows:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Rebekah had a brother . . . Laban ran out--From what we know of his character, there is reason to believe that the sight of the dazzling presents increased both his haste and his invitation.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְרִבְקָ֥ה | ulerivkah | and [belonged] to Rebekah | H7259 → | 30 times |
| אָ֖ח | ʾach | a brother | H251 → | 630 times |
| וּשְׁמ֣וֹ | ushemo | and name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לָבָ֑ן | lavan | [was] Laban | H3837 → | 55 times |
| וַיָּ֨רָץ | vaiyarotz | and he ran | H7323 → | 103 times |
| לָבָ֧ן | lavan | Laban | H3837 → | 55 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאִ֛ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַח֖וּצָה | hachutzah | the outside towards | H2351 → | 164 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעָֽיִן׃ | haayin | the spring | H5869 → | 887 times |
וּלְרִבְקָ֥הand [belonged] to Rebekah
ulerivkahH7259 →30 times
אָ֖חa brother
ʾachH251 →630 times
וּשְׁמ֣וֹand name his
ushemoH8034 →864 times
לָבָ֑ן[was] Laban
lavanH3837 →55 times
וַיָּ֨רָץand he ran
vaiyarotzH7323 →103 times
לָבָ֧ןLaban
lavanH3837 →55 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאִ֛ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
הַח֖וּצָהthe outside towards
hachutzahH2351 →164 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעָֽיִן׃the spring
haayinH5869 →887 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
it leads to
- Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
- Ruth 4:11–12
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel.…
- Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 22:17
Through
Genesis 29:5“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
it leads to
- Genesis 24:24
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 24:24
Through
Genesis 29:13When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that…
it leads to
- Luke 7:45
You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.
- Luke 7:45
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.