John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 24:29

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban, etc.] Perhaps he was her only brother, or however the elder brother, the principal in the family, her father Bethuel being old: and Laban ran out: out of his house, and out of the city of Haran: unto the man unto the well; this was after Rebekah had got home, and had related to the family whom she had met with at the well, and what had passed between them, as follows:

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