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Selected Verse: Genesis 29:12 - King James

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Ge 29:12 King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Jacob told Rachel, &c.--According to the practice of the East, the term "brother" is extended to remote degrees of relationship, as uncle, cousin, or nephew.
 
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