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Genesis 29:4-6
New English Translation
Genesis 29:4-6
New English Translation
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[a] of Nahor?” “We know him,”[b] they said. 6 “Is he well?”[c] Jacob asked. They replied, “He is well.[d] Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
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- Genesis 29:5 tn Heb “son.”
- 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.
- Genesis 29:6 tn Heb “and he said to them, ‘Is there peace to him?’”
- Genesis 29:6 tn Heb “peace.”
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