OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 29:4

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Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

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Verse 4. Brethren. Jacob understands and speaks their language, either because it was not very different from his own, or he had learnt the Chaldee language from his mother. In the days of Ezechias, the Jews did not understand it. 4 Kennicott. 18:26. Jeremiah 5:15. Calmet.

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