THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
After asking them about Laban, who is his maternal uncle...
Genesis 29:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban, the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־לָבָ֣ן בֶּן־נָח֑וֹר וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ יָדָֽעְנוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 24:29And Rebecca had a brother, named Laban, who went out in haste to the man, to the well.
- Gen 24:24And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor.
- Gen 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac: