Genesis 29:5
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He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?” “Yes, we know him,” they answered.
Read Genesis 29:5 Using Other Translations
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."
“Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” he asked. “Yes, we do,” they replied.
What does Genesis 29:5 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Genesis 29:5
And he said unto them, know ye Laban the son of
Nahor?
&c.] He was the son of Bethuel, and grandson of Nahor;
grandsons being called the sons of their grandfather; and Nahor
might be more known than Bethuel, Haran being Nahor's city, (
Genesis
24:10 ) ; and not Bethuel his mother's father, but Laban her
brother is inquired after; perhaps Bethuel was dead, and Laban
was the head of the family, and well known, and it was to him he
was sent: and they said, we know him;
perfectly well; he lives in our city, and is our neighbour.
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