Genesis 29:12

And Jacob told Rachel ,.... Or "had told" F9 ויגד "et puntiaverat", Pagninus, Montanus; "renuntiaverat", Vatablus. 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, Genesis 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, Genesis 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 F11 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 70. fol. 62. 4. Jarchi in loc. .