Genesis 29:4

In 11 translations

BSB

“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

KJV

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

WEB

Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

ASV

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

LSV

And Jacob says to them, “My brothers, where [are] you from?” And they say, “We [are] from Haran.”

YLT

And Jacob saith to them, 'My brethren, from whence [are] ye?' and they say, 'We [are] from Haran.'

DBY

And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

DRC

And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran.

GNV

And Iaakob sayde vnto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they answered, We are of Haran.

JPS

And Jacob said unto them: 'My brethren, whence are ye?' And they said: 'Of Haran are we.'

LXXE

And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are ye? and they said, We are of Charrhan.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב אַחַ֖י מֵאַ֣יִן אַתֶּ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מֵחָרָ֖ן אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰακὼβ, ἀδελφοὶ, πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖς; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ἐκ Χαῤῥὰν ἐσμέν.

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• Genesis 28:10Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
• Genesis 27:43So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
• Genesis 24:10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
• Acts 7:2And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
• Acts 7:4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
• Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they…

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