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Genesis 29:3
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Jacob Meets Rachel

1 So Jacob went on his journey aand came to the land of the people of the East.  
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.”  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 29:3.

Genesis 29:1-4

Here is the term "brother." Ach is used to indicate an ally in a business relationship. The Bible sees them as brothers in a business covenant. There is a relationship there, but "blood" is completely gone from the scene.

He did not even know them from Adam, and he called them his brethren! What was the connection? What was the relationship? It was an occupational relationship. They were all shepherds, but they were brothers. It was like belonging to a union, or being a member in a company.

Excerpted from Love Thy Neighbor (Part 2)

 
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