Genesis 29:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

Genesis 29:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 24:28
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Genesis 14:14-16
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-14)

Here we see, 1. Rachel’s humility and industry: She kept her father’s sheep (Gen. 29:9), that is, she took the care of them, having servants under her that were employed about them. Rachel’s name signifies a sheep. Note, Honest useful labour is that which nobody needs be ashamed of, nor ought it to be a hindrance to any one’s preferment. 2. Jacob’s tenderness and affection. When he understood that…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. Jacob told Rachel, &c.--According to the practice of the East, the term “brother” is extended to remote degrees of relationship, as uncle, cousin, or nephew.