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Genesis 24:29

Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.

  • KJV King James Version

    And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to Genesis 24:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 29:5 He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
  • Genesis 24:55 Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
  • Genesis 29:13 When 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.
  • Genesis 24:60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”

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Explain this verse (10 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his…

Gen 24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

Ver. 29. And Laban ran out.] Whether out of courtesy or covetousness. {See Trapp on "Gen 24:30"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain We have here the making up of the marriage…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain We have here the making up of the marriage…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Rebekah had a brother . . . Laban ran…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Laban — Note the prominence of Laban in…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29–53. The Betrothal of Rebekah
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) Laban ran out unto the man.—Not until he…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Eliezer in the Home of Bethuel
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:29-31 Laban . . . ran: He was not…

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