And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.
- BSB He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
- NKJV And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father.
- NASB Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son, and she ran and told her father.
- NLT He explained to Rachel that he was her cousin on her father’s side—the son of her aunt Rebekah. So Rachel quickly ran and told her father, Laban.
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Jacob tells Rachel he is her father's relative and Rebekah's son, and she runs to tell her father.
Overview
Jacob reveals his identity, and Rachel hurries home with the news, echoing Rebekah's eager run in Genesis 24. The repetition links this generation's story to the earlier providential meeting at a well. God is again weaving the covenant family together through ordinary encounters.
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Cross-references · 3
- Gen 24:28And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
- Gen 13:8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
- Gen 14:14–16And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
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