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Genesis 29:5

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

KJV

Quos interrogans, Numquid, ait, nostis Laban filium Nachor ? Dixerunt : Novimus.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Γινώσκετε Λαβὰν τὸν υἱὸν Ναχώρ; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν Γινώσκομεν.

LXX

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֔ם הַ/יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת לָבָ֣ן בֶּן נָח֑וֹר וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ יָדָֽעְנוּ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People NahorNahorLaban

In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
נָח֖וֹר
nchvr
proper_noun · 18×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 24:24 — And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
  • Gen 24:29 — And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
  • Gen 24:29 — And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
  • Gen 31:53 — The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.