Genesis 29:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 28:10 : 10 So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.
  • Gen 27:43 : 43 So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
  • Acts 7:4 : 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:
  • Gen 11:31 : 31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
  • Gen 24:10 : 10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

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  • Gen 29:5-6
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    5 And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.

    6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

  • Gen 42:29-30
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    29 So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

    30 The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

  • Gen 28:10
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    10 So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

  • Gen 29:3
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    3 And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

  • Gen 35:27
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    27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

  • Gen 29:9-10
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    9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6 And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

    7 Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • Gen 29:1
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    1 Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

  • Gen 28:2
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    2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 31:3-4
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    3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

    4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

  • Gen 37:16-17
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    16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

    17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

  • Gen 42:7
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    7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

  • Gen 32:17
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    17 And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

  • Gen 24:29
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    29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

  • Gen 29:12-15
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    12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

    13 And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

    14 And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

    15 Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

  • Gen 27:43
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    43 So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;

  • Gen 31:14
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    14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 32:9
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    9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

  • Gen 28:5
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    5 So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

  • Gen 32:4
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    4 And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:

  • Gen 32:27
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    27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:1
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    1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 48:8
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    8 Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

  • Gen 31:1
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    1 Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

  • Gen 32:29
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    29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

  • Gen 31:25
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    25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 33:8
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    8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

  • Gen 31:37
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    37 Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

  • Gen 46:32
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    32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.