"And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And Jacob told Rachel,.... Or "had told" (i) her; before he kissed her, and lift up his voice and wept, as Aben Ezra observes: that he was her father's brother;
his nephew by his sister, for such were sometimes called brethren, as Lot, Abraham's brother's son, is called his brother, Gen 14:12 , and that he was Rebekah's son; sister to her father, and aunt to her, and whose name and relation she doubtless knew full well: and she ran and told her father; leaving the care of her flock with Jacob; Rebekah, in a like case, ran and told her mother, Gen 24:28 , which is most usual for daughters to do; but here Rachel runs and tells her father, her mother very probably being dead, as say the Jewish writers (k). (i) "et puntiaverat", Pagninus, Montanus; "renuntiaverat", Vatablus. (k) Bereshit Rabba, sect. 70. fol. 62. 4. Jarchi in loc.
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And Jacob told Rachel,.... Or "had told" (i) her; before he kissed her, and lift up his voice and wept, as Aben Ezra observes: that he was her father's brother;
his nephew by his sister, for such were sometimes called brethren, as Lot, Abraham's brother's son, is called his brother, Gen 14:12 , and that he was Rebekah's son; sister to her father, and aunt to her, and whose name and relation she doubtless knew full well: and she ran and told her father; leaving the care of her flock with Jacob; Rebekah, in a like case, ran and told her mother, Gen 24:28 , which is most usual for daughters to do; but here Rachel runs and tells her father, her mother very probably being dead, as say the Jewish writers (k). (i) "et puntiaverat", Pagninus, Montanus; "renuntiaverat", Vatablus. (k) Bereshit Rabba, sect. 70. fol. 62. 4. Jarchi in loc.