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


In Context

1 And Jacob lifteth up his feet, and goeth towards the land of the sons of the east;

2 and he looketh, and lo, a well in the field, and lo, there three droves of a flock crouching by it, for from that well they water the droves, and the great stone is on the mouth of the well.

3 (When thither have all the droves been gathered, and they have rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well, and have watered the flock, then they have turned back the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.)

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

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

6 And he saith to them, 'Hath he peace?' and they say, 'Peace; and lo, Rachel his daughter is coming with the 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 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 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.