Genesis 29:5
So he said to them,“Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?”“We know him,” they said.
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- Gen 24:24 : 24 She said to him,“I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.
- Gen 24:29 : 29 (Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.
- Gen 31:53 : 53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.
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14 Then Laban said to him,“You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.
15 Then Laban said to Jacob,“Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”
16 (Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.
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27 But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”
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9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.
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14 Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
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5 So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
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