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Laban and Rebekah
How Laban and Rebekah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Laban and Rebekah were siblings.
Laban was Rebekah's brother. He welcomed Abraham's servant and agreed to her marriage to Isaac, and years later her son Jacob fled to him.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban
Genesis 24:29, King James Version
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go
Genesis 24:51, King James Version
flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran
Genesis 27:43, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 24:29-31
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 24:29-31
29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
30And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
Genesis 24:51
51Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.
Genesis 27:43
43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
King James Version