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


In Context

1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

2 And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.

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

5 And he said to them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they said, We know him.

6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh 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 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 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 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.