Genesis 29:5

World English Bible (2000)

He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."

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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 she bore to Nahor."
  • Gen 24:29 : 29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
  • Gen 31:53 : 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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    4 Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

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    6 He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

  • Gen 29:12-16
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    12 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.

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

    14 Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." He lived with him for a month.

    15 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

    16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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

  • Gen 30:27-29
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    27 Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."

    28 He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."

    29 He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

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    7 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

  • Gen 29:9-10
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    9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

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

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    50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

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    2 Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 31:12
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    12 He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 31:1-2
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    1 He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."

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  • Gen 29:19
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    19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

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

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    25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

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    43 Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

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    4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

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    5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

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    32 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.

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    8 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."