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Genesis 29:12

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

KJV

et indicavit ei quod frater esset patris sui, et filius Rebeccæ : at illa festinans nuntiavit patri suo.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀνήγγειλεν τῇ Ῥαχὴλ ὅτι ἀδελφὸς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς ἐστίν, καὶ ὅτι υἱὸς Ῥεβέκκας ἐστίν· ⸂⸆⸃ καὶ δραμοῦσα ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς ⸆ κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα.

LXX

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

ASV

וַ/יַּגֵּ֨ד יַעֲקֹ֜ב לְ/רָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י אֲחִ֤י אָבִ֨י/הָ֙ ה֔וּא וְ/כִ֥י בֶן רִבְקָ֖ה ה֑וּא וַ/תָּ֖רָץ וַ/תַּגֵּ֥ד לְ/אָבִֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People RebekahJacobRachelJacob

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
רִבְקָ֥ה
rbqh
proper_noun · 30×
רָחֵ֖ל
rchl
proper_noun · 47×
רָצִ֔ים
rtsym
verb · 104×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 13:8 — And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
  • Gen 14:14 — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
  • Gen 24:28 — And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.