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


In Context

1 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.

2 There he saw a well in the field, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.

3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well's mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

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

5 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?" "Yes, we know him," they answered.

6 Then Jacob asked them, "Is he well?" "Yes, he is," they said, "and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:4And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran.

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.