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Lexicon :: Strong's H251 - 'āḥ

Aa
אָח
Transliteration
'āḥ
Pronunciation
awkh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 62a

Strong’s Definitions

אָח ʼâch, awkh; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]):—another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 629x

The KJV translates Strong's H251 in the following manner: brethren (332x), brother (269x), another (23x), brotherly (1x), kindred (1x), like (1x), another (1x), other (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 629x
The KJV translates Strong's H251 in the following manner: brethren (332x), brother (269x), another (23x), brotherly (1x), kindred (1x), like (1x), another (1x), other (1x).

  1. brother

    1. brother of same parents

    2. half-brother (same father)

    3. relative, kinship, same tribe

    4. each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

    5. (fig.) of resemblance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָח ʼâch, awkh; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]):—another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
STRONGS H251: Abbreviations
I. אָח 630 noun masculine brother (Phoenician אח, Arabic أَخ (construct أَخُو etc.), Sabean אחֿ (suffix אחֿיהו) CISiv. 1, 17 and 24 and others, Ethiopic እኀው፡ Assyrian aḫu compare DlW, Aramaic אַח, axoAf ; Palmyreme, Nabataean suffix אחוהי, אחיה); — absolute אָח Genesis 24:29 + (Ezekiel 18:10 strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate; Ew Sm אַח; Dl BaEz x defends as＝one compare Assyrian aḫu) never with article; construct אֲחִי Genesis 10:21 +; suffix אָחִי Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיךָ Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיו Genesis 4:2 +; אָחִיהוּ Jeremiah 34:9 + 3 times etc.; plural אַחִים Genesis 13:8 +; so read Hosea 13:15 see DeCompl. Var. 23 compare below אָחוּ; construct אֲחֵי Numbers 27:10 +; suffix אַחַי Genesis 19:7 +; אֶחָ֑י 1 Samuel 20:29 + (but 1 Samuel 30:23 Greek Version of the LXX We אַחֲרֵי for אֶחָ֑י את); אַחֶיךָ Genesis 37:13 +; אֶחָיו Genesis 44:14 —
1. brother, born of same mother (& father) Genesis 4:2, 8, 9, 10, 11; Genesis 27:6, 11; Genesis 44:20; Genesis 49:5; compare Genesis 28:2; Genesis 29:10 (twice in verse) + Exodus 4:14 + often; also of half-brother Genesis 20:5, 13, 16 (on pa-rentage compare Genesis 20:12) Genesis 37:2, 4, 5 +, 2 Samuel 13:4, 7, 8 +.
2. indefinite＝relative; Lot, of Abraham Genesis 13:8; Genesis 14:12, 14, 16; Jacob, of Laban Genesis 29:12, 15 (nephew); hence of kinship in wider sense; member of same tribe Numbers 16:10; Numbers 18:2, 6; 2 Samuel 19:13; of same people Exodus 2:11 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:18; Deuteronomy 15:12; Judges 14:3; Isaiah 66:20; Nehemiah 5:1, 5, 8 see especially Leviticus 19:17 compare Leviticus 19:18 (extended to include sojourner גֵּר Leviticus 19:34); of Israel & Judah 2 Samuel 19:42; Israel & Edom Numbers 20:14; compare of Ishmael Genesis 16:12; Genesis 25:18; of friend 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Kings 9:13; 1 Kings 20:32, 33 of allies בְּרִית א׳ Amos 1:9.
3. figurative of resemblance Job 30:29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים (|| רֵעַ לִבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה i.e. by reason of his crying, compare Di; Proverbs 18:9 מַשְׁחִית לְבַעַל הוּא אָח בִּמְלַאכְתּוֺ מִתְרַפֶּה.
4. in phrase one... another אִישׁ אָחִיו Genesis 9:5; Joel 2:8; Ze Joel 7:10; אִישׁ ֗֗֗ אָחִיו Genesis 13:11 + 25 times + Exodus 32:27 (where also same phrase with רֵעֵהוּ & קְרֹבוֺ — see these words — & also אִישׁ, אֶחָד; for development of idiom compare Deuteronomy 15:2; Isaiah 19:2; Jeremiah 34:14 (compare Jeremiah 34:15) Jeremiah 34:17 Ezekiel 38:21; Haggai 2:22; usually of men; of faces of golden cherubim Exodus 25:20; Exodus 37:9; of scales of crocodile Job 41:9. (H254 אָח fire-pot)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:2; 4:2; 4:8; 4:9; 4:9; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 9:5; 10:21; 13:8; 13:8; 13:11; 14:12; 14:14; 14:16; 16:12; 19:7; 20:5; 20:12; 20:13; 20:16; 24:29; 25:18; 27:6; 27:11; 28:2; 29:10; 29:12; 29:15; 37:2; 37:4; 37:5; 37:13; 44:14; 44:20; 49:5

Exodus

2:11; 4:14; 4:18; 25:20; 32:27; 37:9

Leviticus

19:17; 19:18; 19:34

Numbers

16:10; 18:2; 18:6; 20:14; 27:10

Deuteronomy

15:2; 15:12

Judges

14:3

1 Samuel

20:29; 30:23

2 Samuel

1:26; 13:4; 13:7; 13:8; 19:13; 19:42

1 Kings

9:13; 20:32; 20:33

Nehemiah

5:1; 5:5; 5:8

Job

30:29; 41:9

Proverbs

18:9

Isaiah

19:2; 66:20

Jeremiah

34:9; 34:14; 34:15; 34:17

Ezekiel

18:10; 38:21

Hosea

13:15

Joel

2:8

Amos

1:9

Haggai

2:22

H251

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Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 12 (Gen 4:2–Gen 28:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - And again H3254, she gave H3205 birth H3205 to his brother H251 Abel H1893. Now Abel H1893 was a keeper H7462 of flocks H6629, but Cain H7014 was a cultivator H5647 of the ground H127.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - Cain H7014 [fn]talked H559 to his brother H251 Abel H1893; and it happened H1961 that when they were in the field H7704 Cain H7014 rose H6965 up H6965 against H413 his brother H251 Abel H1893 and killed H2026 him.

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Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Cain H7014, “Where H335 is Abel H1893 your brother H251?” And he said H559, “I do not know H3045. Am I my brother’s H251 keeper H8104?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - Then He said H559, “What H4100 have you done H6213? The voice H6963 of your brother’s H251 blood H1818 is crying H6817 out H6817 to Me from the ground H127.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - “Now H6258 you are cursed H779 from the ground H127, which H834 has opened H6475 its mouth H6310 to receive H3947 your brother’s H251 blood H1818 from your hand H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - His brother’s H251 name H8034 was Jubal H3106; he was the father H1 of all H3605 those who play H8610 the lyre H3658 and flute H5748.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - “I certainly H389 will require H1875 [fn]your lifeblood H1818 H5315; [fn]from every H3605 animal H2416 I will require H1875 it. And [fn]from every person H120, [fn]from every H376 man H376 as his brother H251 I will require H1875 the life H5315 of a person H120.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - Ham H2526, the father H1 of Canaan H3667, saw H7200 the nakedness H6172 of his father H1, and told H5046 his two H8147 brothers H251 outside H2351.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - So he said H559,

“Cursed H779 be Canaan H3667;

[fn]A servant H5650 of servants H5650

He shall be to his brothers H251.”

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Also H1571 to Shem H8035, the father H1 of all H3605 the children H1121 of Eber H5677, and the older H1419 brother H251 of Japheth H3315, children were born H3205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - Two H8147 sons H1121 were born H3205 to Eber H5677; the name H8034 of the one H259 was [fn]Peleg H6389, for in his days H3117 the earth H776 was divided H6385; and his brother’s H251 name H8034 was Joktan H3355.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - Abram H87 took H3947 his wife H802 Sarai H8297 and his nephew H1121 H251 Lot H3876, and all H3605 their possessions H7399 which H834 they had accumulated H7408, and the [fn]people H5315 which H834 they had acquired H6213 in Haran H2771, and they [fn]set H3318 H1980 out for the land H776 of Canaan H3667; so they came H935 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667.

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So Abram H87 said H559 to Lot H3876, “Please H4994 let there be no H408 strife H4808 between H996 you and me, nor between H996 my herdsmen H7462 and your herdsmen H7462, for we are relatives H251!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - So Lot H3876 chose H977 for himself all H3605 the [fn]vicinity H3603 of the Jordan H3383, and Lot H3876 journeyed H5265 eastward H6924. So they separated H6504 from each H376 other H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also took H3947 Lot H3876, Abram’s H87 nephew H1121 H251, and his possessions H7399 and departed H1980, for he was living H3427 in Sodom H5467.

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Then [fn]a survivor H6412 came H935 and told H5046 Abram H87 the Hebrew H5680. Now he was residing H7931 by the [fn]oaks H436 of Mamre H4471 the Amorite H567, brother H251 of Eshcol H812 and brother H251 of Aner H6063, and they H1992 were [fn]allies H1167 H1285 with Abram H87.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram H87 heard H8085 that his relative H251 had been taken H7617 captive H7617, he [fn]led H7324 out H7324 his trained H2593 men H2593, born H3211 in his house H1004, numbering 318 H7969 H3967 H8083 H6240, and went H7291 in H7291 pursuit H7291 as far H5704 as Dan H1835.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - He brought H7725 back H7725 all H3605 the possessions H7399, and also H1571 brought H7725 back H7725 his relative H251 Lot H3876 with his possessions H7399, and also H1571 the women H802, and the other people H5971.

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“But he will be a wild H6501 donkey H6501 of a man H120;

His hand H3027 will be against everyone H3605,

And everyone’s H3605 hand H3027 will be against him;

And he will live H7931 [fn]in H5921 H6440 defiance H5921 H6440 of all H3605 his brothers H251.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said H559, “Please H4994, my brothers H251, do not act H7489 wickedly H7489.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - “Did he himself H1931 not say H559 to me, ‘She is my sister H269’? And she herself H1931 said H559, ‘He is my brother H251.’ In the integrity H8537 of my heart H3824 and the innocence H5356 of my [fn]hands H3709 I have done H6213 this H2088.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - and it came H1961 about H1961, when H834 God H430 caused me to wander H8582 from my father’s H1 house H1004, that I said H559 to her, ‘This H2088 is [fn]the kindness H2617 which H834 you will show H6213 to me: [fn]everywhere H413 H3605 H4725 H834 H8033 we go H935, say H559 of me, “He is my brother H251.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah H8283 he said H559, “Look H2009, I have given H5414 your brother H251 a thousand H505 pieces of silver H3701. [fn]It is [fn]your vindication H3682 before all H3605 who H834 are with you, and before H854 everyone H3605 you are cleared H3198.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697, that Abraham H85 was told H5046, saying H559, “Behold H2009, Milcah H4435 [fn]also H1571 has borne H3205 children H1121 to your brother H251 Nahor H5152:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Uz H5780 his firstborn H1060, Buz H938 his brother H251, Kemuel H7055 (the father H1 of Aram H758),

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - and it was Bethuel H1328 who fathered H3205 Rebekah H7259. These H428 eight H8083 Milcah H4435 bore H3205 to Nahor H5152, Abraham’s H85 brother H251.

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And it came about, before H2962 he had finished H3615 speaking H1696, that behold H2009, Rebekah H7259, who H834 was born H3205 to Bethuel H1328 the son H1121 of Milcah H4435, the wife H802 of Abraham’s H85 brother H251 Nahor H5152, came H3318 out H3318 with her jar H3537 on her shoulder H7926.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, the God H430 of my master H113 Abraham H85, who H834 has not abandoned H5800 His kindness H2617 and His trustworthiness H571 toward H4480 H5973 my master H113; as for me, the LORD H3068 has guided H5148 me in the way H1870 to the house H1004 of my master’s H113 brothers H251.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - Now Rebekah H7259 had a brother H251 whose name H8034 was Laban H3837; and Laban H3837 ran H7323 outside H2351 to the man H376 at the spring H5869.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “And I bowed H6915 low H6915 and worshiped H2331 the LORD H3068, and blessed H1288 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of my master H113 Abraham H85, who H834 had guided H5148 me in the right H571 way H1870 to take H3947 the daughter H1323 of my master’s H113 brother H251 for his son H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - And the servant H5650 brought H3318 out H3318 articles H3627 of silver H3701 and articles H3627 of gold H2091, and garments H899, and gave H5414 them to Rebekah H7259; he also gave H5414 precious H4030 things H4030 to her brother H251 and to her mother H517.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - But her brother H251 and her mother H517 said H559, “Let the young H5291 woman H5291 stay H3427 with us a few days H3117, say H176 ten H6218; afterward H310 she may go H1980.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - They [fn]settled H7931 from Havilah H2341 to Shur H7793 which H834 is [fn]east H5921 H6440 of Egypt H4714 [fn]going H935 toward Assyria H804; he [fn]settled H5307 in H5921 H6440 defiance H5921 H6440 of all H3605 his relatives H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward H310 his brother H251 came H3318 out H3318 with his hand H3027 holding H270 on to Esau’s H6215 heel H6119, so he was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Jacob H3290; and Isaac H3327 was sixty H8346 years H8141 old H1121 when she gave H3205 birth H3205 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - In the morning H1242 they got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 and [fn]exchanged H7650 oaths H7650; then Isaac H3327 sent H7971 them away H7971, and they left H1980 him in peace H7965.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - Rebekah H7259 said H559 to her son H1121 Jacob H3290, “Behold H2009, I heard H8085 your father H1 speak H1696 to your brother H251 Esau H6215, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - But Jacob H3290 said H559 to his mother H517 Rebekah H7259, “Behold H2005, my brother H251 Esau H6215 is a hairy H8163 man H376 and I am a smooth H2509 man H376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And he did not recognize H5234 him, because H3588 his hands H3027 were hairy H8163 like his brother H251 Esau’s H6215 hands H3027; so he blessed H1288 him.

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May peoples H5971 serve H5647 you,

And nations H3816 bow H2331 down H2331 to you;

Be master H1376 of your brothers H251,

And may your mother’s H517 sons H1121 bow H2331 down H2331 to you.

Cursed H779 be those who curse H779 you,

And blessed H1288 be those who bless H1288 you.”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961, as H834 soon H834 as H834 Isaac H3327 had finished H3615 blessing H1288 Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 had hardly H389 H3318 gone H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of his father H1 Isaac H3327, that his brother H251 Esau H6215 came H935 in H935 from his hunting H6718.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - And he said H559, “Your brother H251 came H935 deceitfully H4820 and has taken H3947 away your blessing H1293.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - But Isaac H3327 replied H6030 to Esau H6215, “Behold H2005, I have made H7760 him your master H1376, and I have given H5414 to him all H3605 his relatives H251 [fn]as servants H5650; and with grain H1715 and new H8492 wine H8492 I have sustained H5564 him. What H4100 then H645 can I do H6213 for you, my son H1121?”

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“And by your sword H2719 you shall live H2421,

And you shall serve H5647 your brother H251;

But it shall come H1961 about H1961 when H834 you become H7300 restless H7300,

That you will [fn]break H6561 his yoke H5923 from your neck H6677.”

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So Esau H6215 held H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 [fn]to himself H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Now when the words H1697 of her elder H1419 son H1121 Esau H6215 were reported H5046 to Rebekah H7259, she sent H7971 word and called H7121 her younger H6996 son H1121 Jacob H3290, and said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 your brother H251 Esau H6215 is consoling H5162 himself concerning you by planning to kill H2026 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - “Now H6258 then, my son H1121, obey H8085 my voice H6963, and arise H6965, [fn]flee H1272 to Haran H2771, to my brother H251 Laban H3837!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - “Stay H3427 with him a few H259 days H3117, until H5704 H834 your brother’s H251 fury H2534 [fn]subsides H7725,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - until H5704 your brother’s H251 anger H639 [fn]against H4480 you subsides H7725 and he forgets H7911 what H834 you did H6213 to him. Then I will send H7971 word and get H3947 you from there H8033. Why H4100 should I lose H7921 you both H8147 in one H259 day H3117?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - “Arise H6965, go H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307, to the house H1004 of Bethuel H1328 your mother’s H517 father H1; and from there H8033 take H3947 to yourself a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Laban H3837, your mother’s H517 brother H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - Then Isaac H3327 sent H7971 Jacob H3290 away H7971, and he went H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307 to Laban H3837, son H1121 of Bethuel H1328 the Aramean H761, the brother H251 of Rebekah H7259, the mother H517 of Jacob H3290 and Esau H6215.

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