THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
This individual demonstrates his fervor through his swift movement.
Genesis 24:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Rebecca had a brother, named Laban, who went out in haste to the man, to the well.
וּלְרִבְקָ֥ה אָ֖ח וּשְׁמ֣וֹ לָבָ֑ן וַיָּ֨רָץ לָבָ֧ן אֶל־הָאִ֛ישׁ הַח֖וּצָה אֶל־הָעָֽיִן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 29:5And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban, the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.
- Gen 24:55And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay, at least, ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart.
- Gen 29:13Who, when he heard that Jacob his sister's son was come, ran forth to meet him: and embracing him, and heartily kissing him, brought him into his house. And when he had heard the causes of his journey,
- Gen 24:60Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.