OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 29:10

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When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

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Verse 10. Cousin-german, and uncle, are put for brevity’s sake by S. Jerom, instead of the Hebrew “the daughter of Laban, brother of Rebecca his mother,” and “his mother’s brother.” Bible.

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