Quotes about Laban
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
- Genesis 31:2
‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
- Genesis 31:12
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Genesis 31:19
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
- Genesis 31:20
On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
- Genesis 31:22
But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
- Genesis 31:24
Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
- Genesis 31:26
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
- Genesis 31:33
Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
- Genesis 31:34
Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
- Genesis 31:36
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
- Genesis 31:47
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
- Genesis 31:48