He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
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He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
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And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
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And he said unto them: 'Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?' And they said: 'We know him.'
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Passages linked to Genesis 29:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 24:24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 24:29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
- Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye…
Gen 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].
Ver. 5. {See Trapp on "Gen 29:4"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them, know ye Laban the…
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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Laban the son of Nahor] Son is…
Verse 5. Laban the son of Nahor] Son is here put for grandson, for Laban was the son of Bethuel the son of Nahor.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Of Nachor, by Bathuel, who was not so well…
Of Nachor, by Bathuel, who was not so well known. (Menochius)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Laban … of Nahor] See note on Gen_24:15.…
5. Laban … of Nahor] See note on Gen_24:15. In Gen_24:24 Rebekah is daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor. In Gen_24:29 ff. Laban is Rebekah’s brother. Here he is son of Nahor. It is possible that the tradition, followed here and in chap. 24, differs from that of the genealogy in Gen_22:20-23; or that Nahor is mentioned as more famous than Bethuel his son. Cf. Jehu who is called “son of Nimshi” (2Ki_9:20), though, in reality, his grandson (2Ki_9:2; 2Ki_9:14).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Laban the son of Nahor.—Laban was really the…
(5) Laban the son of Nahor.—Laban was really the son of Bethuel and grandson of Nahor; but Nahor was the founder of the family, as being the original immigrant from Ur, who came to supply Abraham’s place on his departure.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he said unto them (with the view of…
And he said unto them (with the view of discovering his kinsmen), Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?i.e. the grandson, Laban"s father having been Bethuel, who, however, here, as in Genesis 14., retires into the background. And they said, We know him. The language of the shepherds being Chaldaean, (vide Gen_31:47) Jacob, who spoke Hebrew, was able to converse with them either because he had learnt Chaldee from his mother (Clericus), or, as is more probable, because the dialects were not then greatly dissimilar (Gosman in Lange).
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