4And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran.


In Context

1 Then Jacob went on in his journey, and came into the east country.

2 And he saw a well in the field, and three flocks of sheep lying by it: for the beasts were watered out of it, and the mouth thereof was closed with a great stone.

3 And the custom was, when all the sheep were gathered together to roll away the stone, and after the sheep were watered, to put it on the mouth of the well again.

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

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

6 He said: Is he in health? He is in health, say they: and behold Rachel his daughter cometh with his flock.

Genesis 29:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:4Jacob asked the shepherds, "My brothers, where are you from?" "We're from Haran," they replied.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:4And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:4And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, We are from Haran.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:4Jacob said to them, |My relatives, where are you from?| They said, |We are from Haran.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:4And Jacob saith to them, 'My brethren, from whence are ye?' and they say, 'We are from Haran.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:4And Jacob said to them, My brothers, from where be you? And they said, Of Haran are we.