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Laban and Jacob make a covenant together, as narrated in Genesis 31:44–54. Laban (Aramaic: ܠܵܒܵܢ; Hebrew: לָבָן , Modern: Lavan, Tiberian: Lāḇān, "White"), also known as Laban the Aramean, is a figure in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. He was the brother of Rebekah, the woman who married Isaac and bore Jacob.
Despite the importance of Rebekah's mother in the narrative of this bible passage, her name is not mentioned. A generation later, Isaac and Rebecca sent their son Jacob back to Paddan Aram to take a wife from among Laban's daughters, Bethuel's granddaughters, rather than from among the Canaanites.
Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham. [4] Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs , the other three being Adam and Eve , Abraham and Sarah , and Jacob and Leah . [ 5 ]
She was the second daughter of Laban, Rebekah's brother, making Jacob her first cousin. [2] Jacob had traveled a great distance to find Laban. Rebekah had sent him there to be safe from his angry twin brother, Esau. During Jacob's stay, he fell in love with Rachel and agreed to work seven years for Laban in return for her hand in marriage.
Following an emotional confrontation with Laban, the young man is faced with the uncertainty of meeting his estranged elder brother, Esau, whose birth right the younger brother had previously stolen. Reflecting on the meeting that will take place the following day, as Jacob takes a night walk along the banks of the ford of Jabbok he is met by a ...
Jacob, who had deceived his father, is in turn deceived and cheated by his uncle Laban concerning Jacob's seven years of service (lacking money for a dowry) for the hand of Laban's daughter Rachel, receiving his older daughter Leah instead. [14] However, despite Laban, Jacob eventually becomes so rich as to incite the envy of Laban and Laban's ...
Superbook takes the trio forward on time to Haran, where they rejoin Jacob, who argues with his father-in-law, Laban. As Jacob tells the kids how he tricks Isaac into giving him his brother's blessing and then flees into Haran, he prepares to meet Esau again, following God's instruction.
Rebekah's brother Laban ran out to the servant at the spring, and when he saw the nose-ring and the bands on Rebekah's arms, and when he heard his sister tell the story, Laban invited the servant to their house, had the camels unloaded and fed, and had water brought to bathe the feet of the servant and his party. [26]