# לָבָן (lavan)

Israeli respelling: la-van. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3837. 47 Old Testament occurrences.

Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert

King James renderings: Laban.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/lavan-h3837

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 24:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/29) — And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
- [Genesis 24:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/50) — Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
- [Genesis 25:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/20) — And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
- [Genesis 27:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/43) — Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- [Genesis 28:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/2) — Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’…
- [Genesis 28:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/5) — And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mothe…
- [Genesis 29:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/5) — And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
- [Genesis 29:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/10) — And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Ja…
- [Genesis 29:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/13) — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and…
- [Genesis 29:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/14) — And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
- [Genesis 29:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/15) — And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
- [Genesis 29:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/16) — And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- [Genesis 29:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/19) — And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- [Genesis 29:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/21) — And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
- [Genesis 29:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/22) — And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
- [Genesis 29:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/24) — And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- [Genesis 29:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/25) — And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve w…
- [Genesis 29:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/26) — And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
- [Genesis 29:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/29) — And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
- [Genesis 30:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/25) — And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my co…
- [Genesis 30:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/27) — And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath bles…
- [Genesis 30:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/34) — And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
- [Genesis 30:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/36) — And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- [Genesis 30:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/40) — And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he p…
- [Genesis 30:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/42) — But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
- [Genesis 31:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/1) — And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he…
- [Genesis 31:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/2) — And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
- [Genesis 31:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/12) — And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have se…
- [Genesis 31:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/19) — And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- [Genesis 31:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/20) — And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- [Genesis 31:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/22) — And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
- [Genesis 31:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/24) — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- [Genesis 31:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/25) — Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
- [Genesis 31:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/26) — And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken w…
- [Genesis 31:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/31) — And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
- [Genesis 31:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/33) — And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Le…
- [Genesis 31:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/34) — Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them…
- [Genesis 31:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/36) — And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hot…
- [Genesis 31:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/43) — And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattl…
- [Genesis 31:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/47) — And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
- [Genesis 31:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/48) — And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
- [Genesis 31:51](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/51) — And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
- [Genesis 31:55](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/55) — And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his…
- [Genesis 32:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/4) — And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed…
- [Genesis 46:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/46/18) — These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
- [Genesis 46:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/46/25) — These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- [Deuteronomy 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/1/1) — These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between…