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What Does Genesis 29:10 Mean?

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

Context

8

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

9

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

10

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

11

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

12

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(10) **Laban his mother’s brother.**—The threefold repetition of these words has no other reason than that given in the Note on Genesis 28:5.

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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