KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 29:5 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he said” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto them, Know” | הַיְדַעְתֶּ֖ם | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | Know |
| “ye” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | ye |
| “Laban” | לָבָ֣ן | Laban, a Mesopotamian | Laban |
| “the son” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
| “of Nahor?” | נָח֑וֹר | Nachor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham | Nahor |
| “And they said,” | וַיֹּֽאמְר֖וּ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “We know” | יָדָֽעְנוּ׃ | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | know |
| “him.” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) |
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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 his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be 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 he well? And they said, He 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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