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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.
Jan 4, 2022 · Laban was the brother of Isaac’s wife, Rebekah. Abraham had sent his trusted servant back to his home country to find a wife for Isaac among his relatives ( Genesis 24:2–4 ). When the servant found Rebekah, he made the purpose of his visit known, and she ran and told her father’s household the news.
Laban, on learning of Jacob’s flight, angrily pursued. After seven days he overtook Jacob at Gilead in the hill country SE of Galilee. In this last encounter between the two branches of Terah’s family, the severe side of Laban is shown.
Laban was a man of wealth in the land of Haran who loved his sister, daughters, and grandchildren, who welcomed strangers, and sometimes listened to God, but also a man who was deceptive, motivated by material gain, and who seemingly rejected committing his life to the LORD and instead trusted idols.
Laban. ( white ). Son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel. (B.C. about 1860-1740.) The elder branch of the family remained at Haran, Mesopotamia, when Abraham removed to the land of Canaan, and it is there that we first meet with Laban, as taking the leading part in the betrothal of his sister Rebekah to her cousin Isaac.
Jacob Flees From Laban. 31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.” 2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.
Laban. Laban 's father, Bethuel, was the son of Nachor, Abraham 's older brother. In addition, Laban was thrice related by marriage to Abraham's family: his sister Rebecca married Isaac, and his two daughters, Leah and Rachel, both married Jacob.
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