Genesis 24:29

29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the well.

Genesis 24:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:29

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban
Perhaps he was her only brother, or however the elder brother, the principal in the family, her father Bethuel being old: and Laban ran out:
out of his house, and out of the city of Haran: unto the man unto the well;
this was after Rebekah had got home, and had related to the family whom she had met with at the well, and what had passed between them, as follows:

Genesis 24:29 In-Context

27 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left my master destitute of his mercy and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

28 And the damsel ran, and told these things to her mother's house.

29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the well.

30 And it came to pass when he saw the ear-ring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me; that he came to the man; and behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; why standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.