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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.
Among the many accounts of ancient breeds of piebald sheep is the story of Jacob from the Book of Genesis (Genesis 30:31–43). Jacob took every speckled and spotted sheep from his father-in-law's ( Laban's ) flock and bred them.
Jacob suggested that all the spotted, speckled, and brown goats and sheep of Laban's flock, at any given moment, would be his wages. Jacob placed rods of poplar, hazel, and chestnut, all of which he peeled "white streaks upon them," [ 26 ] within the flocks' watering holes or troughs, associating the stripes of the rods with the growth of ...
Laban offers to pay Jacob, and Jacob suggests that Laban remove all the spotted, speckled and brown goats and sheep from the flock; whichever ones would be born after that would be Jacob's wages. Jacob plants rods of poplar, hazel, and chestnut in front of the flocks' watering holes, and the animals give birth to spotted, speckled and brown foals.
When Jacob saw Rachel arrive with her father's sheep, he rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered Laban's sheep. [16] Jacob kissed Rachel, wept, and told her that he was her kinsman, and she ran and told her father. [17] When Laban heard of Jacob's arrival, he ran to meet him, embraced and kissed him, and brought him to his house. [18]
Laban and Jacob make a covenant together, as narrated in Genesis 31:44–54. Mizpah (מִצְפָּה miṣpāh, mitspah) is Hebrew for "watchtower". It is mentioned in the biblical story of Jacob and Laban, where a pile of stones marks an agreement between two people, with God as their watching witness.
Soon after, Dinah is born to Leah, and is doted on by her family as the only girl. The tension between Jacob and Laban reaches its climax following the suicide of Laban's abused wife. Jacob takes his wives, children, and livestock, and departs to establish a new settlement. They encounter his estranged older brother, Esau, and the matriarch ...
The familiar story is told ‘through the eyes of a child, now an old man, who lived it’, [1] as Jacob recalls his own sense of fear, sadness, and revulsion at his father’s weeping as he relays the tale of his suffering. Jacob further remembers attending Isaac’s rituals as a child, entering into a murky and airless tent with him, there to ...