Genesis 29:4

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2 And he looked, and saw a ^awell in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the well’s mouth.

3 Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well’s mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well’s mouth.

4 And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from ^aHaran.”

5 Then he said to them, “Do you know ^aLaban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”

6 So he said to them, ^a“Is he well?” And they said, “He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel ^bis coming with the sheep.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Genesis 29:4

My brethren, whence be ye? - The language of Laban and his family was Chaldee and not Hebrew; (see Genesis 31:47); but from the names which Leah gave to her children we see that the two languages had many words in common, and therefore Jacob and the shepherds might understand each other with little difficulty. It is possible also that Jacob might have learned the Chaldee or Aramitish language from his mother, as this was his mother' s tongue.

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