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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Do you knowהַיְדַעְתֶּםLabanאֶת לָבָןthe sonבֶּןof Nahor?”נָחוֹרThey said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We know him.”יָדָעְנוּ
Genesis 29:5
Study it in the app“He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:5, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Do you knowיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedatem” appears- Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Nahorנָחוֹרnachor
Nahor
Nahor, the name of Abraham's grandfather and of one of his brothers; also the town where his brother's family lived.
Where else “nachor” appears
The context
4Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
5 · This verse (above)
6He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and look, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.”
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?