Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
- BSB “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
- NKJV And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.”
- NASB Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.”
- NLT Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, “Where are you from, my friends?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
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Quick answer
Jacob asks the shepherds where they are from, and they answer, "From Haran."
Overview
Jacob's inquiry confirms he has arrived at his intended destination. The shepherds' reply assures the reader that God has guided him precisely to Laban's region. This providential accuracy underscores that the Lord who promised to keep Jacob is faithfully directing his steps.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 28:10Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
- Gen 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
- Acts 7:4Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.
- Gen 24:10The servant took ten camels, of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
- Gen 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
- Acts 7:2He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
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