Genesis Chapter 29 verse 5 Holy Bible
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
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And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.
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And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know [him].
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And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
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And he said to them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they said, We know him.
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He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."
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And he saith to them, `Have ye known Laban, son of Nahor?' and they say, `We have known.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - And he said unto them (with the view of discovering his kinsmen), Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? - i.e. the grandson, Laban's father having been Bethuel, who, however, here, as in Genesis 14, retires into the background. And they said, We know him. The language of the shepherds being Chaldaean (vide Genesis 31:47), Jacob, who spoke Hebrew, was able to converse with them either because he had learnt Chaldee from his mother (Clericus), or, as is more probable, because the dialects were not then greatly dissimilar (Gosman in Lange).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Laban the son of Nahor.--Laban was really the son of Bethuel and grandson of Nahor; but Nahor was the founder of the family, as being the original immigrant from Ur, who came to supply Abraham's place on his departure.