Verse | Translation | Text |
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. |
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. |