Genesis 29:5
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New International Version (©2011)
He said to them, "Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?" "Yes, we know him," they answered.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?" he asked. "Yes, we do," they replied.

English Standard Version (©2001)
He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Do you know Laban grandson of Nahor?" Jacob asked them. They answered, "We know him.""

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Do you happen to know Nahor's son Laban?" he inquired. "We do," they replied.

NET Bible (©2006)
So he said to them, "Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?" "We know him," they said.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He asked them, "Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?" They answered, "We do."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said unto them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

American King James Version
And he said to them, Know you Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know him.

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they said, We know him.

World English Bible
He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to them, 'Have ye known Laban, son of Nahor?' and they say, 'We have known.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

29:1-8 Jacob proceeded cheerfully in his journey, after the sweet communion he had with God at Beth-el. Providence brought him to the field where his uncle's flocks were to be watered. What is said of the care of the shepherds for their sheep, may remind us of the tender concern which our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, has for his flock the church; for he is the good Shepherd, that knows his sheep, and is known of them. The stone at the well's mouth was to secure it; water was scarce, it was not there for every one's use: but separate interests should not take us from helping one another. When all the shepherds came together with their flocks, then, like loving neighbours, they watered their flocks together. The law of kindness in the tongue has a commanding power, Pr 31:26. Jacob was civil to these strangers, and he found them civil to him.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. - And he said unto them (with the view of discovering his kinsmen), Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? - i.e. the grandson, Laban's father having been Bethuel, who, however, here, as in Genesis 14, retires into the background. And they said, We know him. The language of the shepherds being Chaldaean (vide Genesis 31:47), Jacob, who spoke Hebrew, was able to converse with them either because he had learnt Chaldee from his mother (Clericus), or, as is more probable, because the dialects were not then greatly dissimilar (Gosman in Lange).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto them, know ye Laban the son of Nahor?.... He was the son of Bethuel, and grandson of Nahor; grandsons being called the sons of their grandfather; and Nahor might be more known than Bethuel, Haran being Nahor's city, Genesis 24:10; and not Bethuel his mother's father, but Laban her brother is inquired after; perhaps Bethuel was dead, and Laban was the head of the family, and well known, and it was to him he was sent:

and they said, we know him; perfectly well; he lives in our city, and is our neighbour.

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Jacob Meets Rachel
…4And Jacob said to them, My brothers, from where be you? And they said, Of Haran are we. 5And he said to them, Know you Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. 6And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep. …

Genesis 24:24 She answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor."
Genesis 24:29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring.