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Genesis 29:3-5
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3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds[a] would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.

4 Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.” 5 So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson[b] of Nahor?” “We know him,”[c] they said.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the shepherds) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 29:5 tn Heb “son.”
  3. Genesis 29:5 tn Heb “and they said, ‘We know.’” The word “him” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the translation several introductory clauses throughout this section have been placed after the direct discourse they introduce for stylistic reasons as well.
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