Genesis 29:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So he said to them,“Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?”“We know him,” they said.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:24 : 24 She said to him,“I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.
  • Gen 24:29 : 29 (Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.
  • Gen 31:53 : 53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.

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    6“Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied,“He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

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    12When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

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    14Then Laban said to him,“You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

    15Then Laban said to Jacob,“Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”

    16(Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

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    27But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”

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    7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

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    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.

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    50Then Laban and Bethuel replied,“This is the LORD’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.

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    2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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    12Then he said,‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.

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    14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

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    8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

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    19Laban replied,“I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”

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    23“Whose daughter are you?” he asked.“Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

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    25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

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    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

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    5So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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    32Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it.”(Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.)

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    8Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”