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Genesis 29:12

IsraelRachelRebekah

10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.

13 When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

14 Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

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BSB
He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
KJV
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.
WEB
Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And Jacob told Rachel that he was a brother of her father, and that he was Rebecca's son; and she ran and told her father.
BLB
And Jacob told to Rachel that he [was] a brother of her father, and that he [was] a son of Rebekah. And she ran and told it to her father.
ÅB
Og Jakob fortalte Rakel at han var hennes fars frende, og at han var sønn til Rebekka; da sprang hun avsted og fortalte det til sin far.
OTB
Jakob forklarte Rakel at han var en slektning av hennes far og en sønn av Rebekka. Hun løp og informerte sin far.
B1930
Og Jakob fortalte Rakel at han var hennes fars frende, og at han var sønn til Rebekka; da sprang hun avsted og fortalte det til sin far.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:28

    The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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  • Genesis 13:8

    So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

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  • Genesis 14:14–16

    And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

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