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Genesis 29:4
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Genesis 29:4 · American Standard Version
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Genesis 29:4 in other translations
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
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In context
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
2 And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in its place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
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