KJV King James Version
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].
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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].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
WEB World English Bible
He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith to them, ‘Have ye known Laban, son of Nahor?’ and they say, ‘We have known.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well’s mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].
6 And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it] time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them].
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and [till] they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
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Genesis 24:24And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.Genesis 24:29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.Genesis 31:53The 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.
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