Genesis 24:29 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 24:29

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְרִבְקָ֥ה	u.le.riv.Kah	and [belonged] to Rebekah	H7259 →
אָ֖ח	'ach	a brother	H251 →
וּשְׁמ֣וֹ	u.she.Mo	and name his	H8034 →
לָבָ֑ן	la.Van	[was] Laban	H3837 →
וַיָּ֨רָץ	vai.Ya.rotz	and he ran	H7323 →
לָבָ֧ן	la.Van	Laban	H3837 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָאִ֛ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the man	H376 →
הַח֖וּצָה	ha.Chu.tzah	the outside towards	H2351 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָעָֽיִן׃	ha.'A.yin	the spring	H5869 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 24:60
And 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.”
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.
Through
Genesis 29:5
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
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.
Through
Genesis 29:13
When 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…
leads to
- Luke 7:45
  You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.