Genesis 29:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Jacob asked some people, "My friends, where are you from?" "We're from Haran," they replied.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

ASV:

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

BBE:

Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

DBY:

And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

ERV:

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

JPS:

And Jacob said unto them: 'My brethren, whence are ye?' And they said: 'Of Haran are we.'

WBS:

And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, We are from Haran.

WEB:

Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

YLT:

And Jacob saith to them, 'My brethren, from whence are ye?' and they say, 'We are from Haran.'

Genesis 29:4 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My {c} brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.
(c) It seems that in those days the custom was to call even strangers, brethren.

MHC:

29:1-8 Jacob proceeded cheerfully in his journey, after the sweet communion he had with God at Beth-el. Providence brought him to the field where his uncle's flocks were to be watered. What is said of the care of the shepherds for their sheep, may remind us of the tender concern which our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, has for his flock the church; for he is the good Shepherd, that knows his sheep, and is known of them. The stone at the well's mouth was to secure it; water was scarce, it was not there for every one's use: but separate interests should not take us from helping one another. When all the shepherds came together with their flocks, then, like loving neighbours, they watered their flocks together. The law of kindness in the tongue has a commanding power, Pr 31:26. Jacob was civil to these strangers, and he found them civil to him.

CONC:

Brethren Brothers Haran Herdmen Jacob Relatives Replied Shepherds We're Whence

Haran Herdmen Jacob Relatives Shepherds We're Whence

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