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Genesis 24:29

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

KJV

Habebat autem Rebecca fratrem nomine Laban, qui festinus egressus est ad hominem, ubi erat fons.

Vulgate

τῇ δὲ Ῥεβέκκᾳ ἀδελφὸς ἦν ᾧ ὄνομα Λαβάν· καὶ ἔδραμεν Λαβὰν πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἔξω ἐπὶ τὴν πηγήν.

LXX

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.

ASV

וּ/לְ/רִבְקָ֥ה אָ֖ח וּ/שְׁמ֣/וֹ לָבָ֑ן וַ/יָּ֨רָץ לָבָ֧ן אֶל הָ/אִ֛ישׁ הַ/ח֖וּצָ/ה אֶל הָ/עָֽיִן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People RebekahLaban

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
noun · 164×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
רִבְקָ֥ה
rbqh
proper_noun · 30×
רָצִ֔ים
rtsym
verb · 104×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 25:20 — And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
  • Gen 28:2 — Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
  • Gen 29:5 — And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
  • Gen 29:5 — And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
  • Gen 29:13 — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things