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Genesis 28:5

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

KJV

Cumque dimisisset eum Isaac, profectus venit in Mesopotamiam Syriæ ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri, fratrem Rebeccæ matris suæ.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν πρὸς Λαβὰν τὸν υἱὸν Βαθουὴλ τοῦ Σύρου, ἀδελφὸν δὲ Ῥεβέκκας τῆς μητρὸς Ἰακὼβ καὶ Ἠσαύ.

LXX

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח יִצְחָק֙ אֶֽת יַעֲקֹ֔ב וַ/יֵּ֖לֶךְ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽ/ה אֲרָ֑ם אֶל לָבָ֤ן בֶּן בְּתוּאֵל֙ הָֽ/אֲרַמִּ֔י אֲחִ֣י רִבְקָ֔ה אֵ֥ם יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְ/עֵשָֽׂו

Hebrew

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In this verse

People IsaacRebekahBethuelLabanEsauJacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרַמִּי֙
'rmy
noun · 11×
אֲרָ֑ם
'rm
proper_noun · 21×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּתוּאֵל֙
btv'l
proper_noun · 10×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
רִבְקָ֥ה
rbqh
proper_noun · 30×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
  • 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 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.