| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ge 29:12 | Strong Concordance | And Jacob [03290] told [05046] Rachel [07354] that he was her father's [01] brother [0251], and that he was Rebekah's [07259] son [01121]: and she ran [07323] and told [05046] her father [01]. |
| 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. |