And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].
5. Laban of Nahor ] See note on Gen 24:15. In Gen 24:24 Rebekah is daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor. In Gen 24:29 ff. Laban is Rebekah’s brother. Here he is son of Nahor. It is possible that the tradition, followed here and in chap. 24, differs from that of the genealogy in Gen 22:20-23; or that Nahor is mentioned as more famous than Bethuel his son. Cf. Jehu who is called “son of Nimshi” (2Ki 9:20), though, in reality, his grandson (2Ki 9:2; 2Ki 9:14).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 5. Laban the son of Nahor] Son is here put for grandson, for Laban was the son of Bethuel the son of Nahor.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And he said unto them, know ye Laban the son of Nahor?…. He was the son of Bethuel, and grandson of Nahor; grandsons being called the sons of their grandfather; and Nahor might be more known than Bethuel, Haran being Nahor’s city, Ge 24:10; and not Bethuel his mother’s father, but Laban her brother is inquired after; perhaps Bethuel was dead, and Laban was the head of the family, and well known, and it was to him he was sent:
and they said, we know him; perfectly well; he lives in our city, and is our neighbour.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jacob asked the shepherds where they lived; from which it is probable that the well was not situated, like that in Gen 24:11, in the immediate neighbourhood of the town of Haran; and when they said they were from Haran, he inquired after Laban, the son, i.e., the descendant, of Nahor, and how he was ( : is he well?; and received the reply, “ Well; and behold Rachel, his daughter, is just coming ( particip.) with the flock.” When Jacob thereupon told the shepherds to water the flocks and feed them again, for the day was still “great,” – i.e., it wanted a long while to the evening, and was not yet time to drive them in (to the folds to rest for the night) – he certainly only wanted to get the shepherds away from the well, that he might meet with his cousin alone. But as Rachel came up in the meantime, he was so carried away by the feelings of relationship, possibly by a certain love at first sight, that he rolled the stone away from the well, watered her flock, and after kissing her, introduced himself with tears of joyous emotion as her cousin ( , brother, i.e., relation of her father) and Rebekah’s son. What the other shepherds thought of all this, is passed over as indifferent to the purpose of the narrative, and the friendly reception of Jacob by Laban is related immediately afterwards. When Jacob had told Laban “ all these things,” – i.e., hardly “the cause of his journey, and the things which had happened to him in relation to the birthright” ( Rosenmller), but simply the things mentioned in Gen 29:2-12 – Laban acknowledged him as his relative: “ Yes, thou art my bone and my flesh ” (cf. Gen 2:23 and Jdg 9:2); and thereby eo ipso ensured him an abode in his house.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(5) Laban the son of Nahor.Laban was really the son of Bethuel and grandson of Nahor; but Nahor was the founder of the family, as being the original immigrant from Ur, who came to supply Abrahams place on his departure.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].
Ver. 5. See Trapp on “ Gen 29:4 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
son. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), put for grandson. Compare Gen 24:15. In Gen 29:12 Jacob calls himself the “brother” of Laban by the same Figure of speech
Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos, App-6, giving life to the scene.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
son of: Gen 24:24, Gen 24:29, Gen 31:53
Reciprocal: Gen 11:26 – Abram Gen 11:31 – Haran Gen 24:10 – city