Genesis 29:4
Good News Translation
Jacob asked the shepherds, "My friends, where are you from?" "From Haran," they answered.

New Revised Standard Version
Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

Contemporary English Version
Jacob asked the shepherds, "Where are you from?" "We're from Haran," they answered.

New American Bible
Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they replied.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran.

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And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran.

Of Haran.

Genesis 11:31 And Thare took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 24:10 And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.

Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, hear my voice, arise and flee to Laban, my brother, to Haran:

Genesis 28:10 But Jacob being departed from Bersabee, went on to Haran.

Acts 7:2,4 Who said: Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan. . . .

Charran.

Context
Jacob Meets Rachel
3And the custom was, when all the sheep were gathered together, to roll away the stone, and after the sheep were watered, to put it on the mouth of the well again. 4And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran.5And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban, the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.…
Cross References
Genesis 28:10
But Jacob being departed from Bersabee, went on to Haran.

Genesis 29:3
And the custom was, when all the sheep were gathered together, to roll away the stone, and after the sheep were watered, to put it on the mouth of the well again.

Genesis 29:3
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