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Genesis 29:5
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
Genesis 29:5 · American Standard Version
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Genesis 29:5 in other translations
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
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In context
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.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
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