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Genesis 29:5

in Genesis 29

“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

KJV

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

This verse in Genesis 29

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And he said unto them, know ye Laban the son of Nahor?.... He was the son of Bethuel, and grandson of Nahor; grandsons being called the sons of their grandfather; and Nahor might be more known than Bethuel, Haran being Nahor's city, Gen 24:10; and not Bethuel his mother's father, but Laban her brother is inquired after; perhaps Bethuel was dead, and Laban was the head of the family, and well known, and it was to him he was sent: and they said, we know him; perfectly well; he lives in our city, and is our neighbour.

This site's exposition

My brothers, Jacob asked the shepherds

on Genesis 29:4-6

Jacob asks the shepherds three questions and gets three short answers, and the third comes with Rachel walking toward him. Laban is named here as the grandson of Nahor, Abraham's brother, reaching past his own father Bethuel. Chapter 24 had him running out at the sight of gold.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Laban the son of Nahor - Son is here put for grandson, for Laban was the son of Bethuel the son of Nahor.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • לָהֶ֔םto <the> them

    lahem

  • הַיְדַעְתֶּ֖ם¿ do you know

    hayda'temH3045945 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • לָבָ֣ןLaban

    lavanH383755 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • נָח֑וֹרNahor

    nachorH515218 times

  • וַיֹּאמְר֖וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH5595305 times

  • יָדָֽעְנוּ׃we know [him]

    yadaenuH3045945 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 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.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 31:42

      If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen…

    • Genesis 16:5

      Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me…

    • Genesis 11:24–29

      When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

    • Joshua 24:2

      And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and…

    • Exodus 3:6

      Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to…

  • Through

    Genesis 24:24

    She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 24:15

      Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

    • Genesis 22:23

      And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

    • Genesis 11:29

      And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Jacob Tends Laban's Flocks and Meets Rachel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob Tends Laban's Flocks and Meets Rachel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.