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Genesis 29:4

IsraelHaran

2 He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

3 When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

5 “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

6 “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
KJV
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
WEB
Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
ASV
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
DARBY
And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
BLB
And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, from where [are] you⁺?” And they said, “We [are] from Haran.”
ÅB
Jakob spurte dem: Mine brødre, hvor er dere fra? De svarte: Vi er fra Karan.
OTB
Jakob spurte gjeterne: «Mine brødre, hvor kommer dere fra?» De svarte: «Vi er fra Haran.»
B1930
Jakob spurte dem: Mine brødre, hvor er I fra? De svarte: Vi er fra Karan.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 28:10

    Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

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  • Genesis 27:43

    So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

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  • Genesis 11:31

    And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

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  • Genesis 24:10

    Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

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  • Acts 7:2

    And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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  • Acts 7:4

    So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

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