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Jacobיַעֲקֹבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“My brothers,אַחַיwhereמֵאַיִןare you from?”אַתֶּםThey said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Weאֲנָחְנוּare from Haran.”מֵחָרָן
Genesis 29:4
Study it in the app“Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:4, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “My brothersאַחַaach
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “aach” appears- whereאַיִןayin
where from?
Where from? From what place?
Where else “ayin” appears- are from Haranחָרָןcharan
Haran
See it on the mapWhere else “charan” appears
Places in this verse
Haran
Today: Harran, southern Turkey, near Syria
A city in northern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Turkey near the Syrian border.
Abram stopped there with his family and left at seventy-five at God's command (Gen 12:4). Jacob fled there and worked for Laban (Gen 28:10; 29:4).
The context
3When all the flocks were gathered there, they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put back the stone on the mouth of the well in its place.
4 · This verse (above)
5He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
To study Genesis 29 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Jacob’s seven years of service were over, and what did he say to Laban (vv. 20-28)?
2. What it means
What irony is there in Jacob, who deceived his father, now being deceived by Laban (v. 25)?
3. How I live it
How can you stay honest with others even when the opposite would suit you better?