He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
- BSB “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
- NKJV Then he said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”
- NASB So he said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”
- NLT “Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” he asked. “Yes, we do,” they replied.
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Cross-references · 3
- Gen 24:24She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
- Gen 24:29Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
- Gen 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
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