What Does Genesis 29:13 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“And it came to pass when Laban”

laban, a place in the desert

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the tidings”

something heard, i.e., a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience

“of Jacob”

jaakob, the israelitish patriarch

“son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“his sister's”

a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)

“that he ran”

to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)

“to meet”

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

“him and embraced”

to clasp (the hands or in embrace)

“him and kissed”

to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons

“him and brought”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“him to his house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“And he told”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra

“And it came to pass when Laban”

laban, a place in the desert

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all these things”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

these or those