Genesis 24:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.

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  • Gen 29:5 : 5 And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
  • Gen 29:13 : 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
  • Gen 24:55 : 55 But her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go."
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gates of those who hate them."

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  • Gen 24:30-31
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    30So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, "Thus the man spoke to me," that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well.

    31And he said, "Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

  • Gen 24:28
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    28So the young woman ran and told her mother's household these things.

  • Gen 24:13-17
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    13Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

    14Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

    15And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.

    16Now the young woman was very fair to look upon, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.

    17And the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."

  • Gen 29:12-13
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    12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.

    13And it came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

  • Gen 29:9-10
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    9And while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she tended them.

    10And when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

  • Gen 24:42-47
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    42And this day I came to the well and said, 'O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

    43behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

    44and she says to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

    45But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

    46And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.' So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also.

    47Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

  • Gen 24:61
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    61Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

  • Gen 24:51
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    51Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."

  • Gen 24:53
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    53Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

  • Gen 28:2
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    2Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

  • Gen 24:57-59
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    57So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally."

    58Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

    59So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.

  • Gen 28:5
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    5And Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Padanaram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

  • Gen 24:20
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    20Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

  • Gen 29:4-5
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    4And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.

    5And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

  • Gen 29:16
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    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 24:23-24
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    23and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"

    24So she said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah's son, whom she bore to Nahor."

  • Gen 31:25
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    25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead.

  • Gen 24:64-66
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    64Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel;

    65for she had said to the servant, "Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant had said, "It is my master." Therefore she took a veil and covered herself.

    66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

  • Gen 22:23
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    23And Bethuel begot Rebekah: these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

  • Gen 24:11
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    11And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

  • Gen 29:22
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    22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.

  • Gen 24:4
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    4But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."