Genesis 29:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

son. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), put for grandson. Compare Genesis 24:15. In Genesis 29:12 Jacob calls himself the "brother" of Laban by the same Figure of speech

Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos, App-6, giving life to the scene.

Genesis 29:5

5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.