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Paddan-Aram District
| Name | LABAN |
| Aliases | THE ARAMEAN / BROTHER OF REBEKAH / FATHER OF LEAH AND RACHEL |
| Status | DECEASED / OUTWITTED AT HIS OWN SCHEMES / MADE A COVENANT AT MIZPAH |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE GRASPING KINSMAN WHO CHANGED WAGES TEN TIMES |
| Place of Birth | PADDAN-ARAM (HARAN) | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | NONE (AN ARAMEAN) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF BETHUEL, GRANDSON OF NAHOR | People | THE ARAMEANS |
| Occupation | HERDSMAN / CLAN HEAD | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF NAHOR | Calling | FATHER-IN-LAW OF JACOB, KEEPER OF IDOLS |
| Primary Mission | GUARD HIS HOUSE AND HIS GAIN | Known Signs | THE SWITCH OF LEAH FOR RACHEL / THE STOLEN HOUSEHOLD GODS |
| Covenant Role | KINSMAN THROUGH WHOM THE TRIBES WERE BORN | Divine Access | INDIRECT / WARNED BY GOD IN A DREAM - GEN 31:24 |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Patriarchal Classification | THE SCHEMING KINSMAN |
| Covenant Status | OUTSIDE THE COVENANT LINE | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | NOT CHOSEN | Threat Assessment | HIS OWN GREED / DECEIT REPAID IN KIND |
| Mission Status | RESTRAINED BY GOD / COVENANT AT MIZPAH | Archive Category | PATRIARCHS / THE NATIONS |
How he cheated Jacob on the wedding night: GAVE LEAH IN PLACE OF RACHEL
God's warning before he overtook Jacob: SAY NOTHING TO HIM, GOOD OR BAD
The subject was the brother of Rebekah and, when the servant of Abraham came seeking a wife for Isaac, he ran out to the man at the well, his eye on the gold, and welcomed him into the house.
Years later Jacob fled to him and served seven years for Rachel. But on the wedding night the subject gave Leah in her place, then required another seven years for Rachel, holding his nephew to hard bargains.
For twenty years Jacob served him, and the subject changed his wages ten times. Yet God prospered Jacob, and the flocks multiplied to him despite every scheme to hold him back.
When Jacob fled with his wives and flocks, the subject pursued him, angry that his household gods were gone, not knowing Rachel had hidden them. God warned the subject in a dream to say nothing to Jacob, good or bad.
The two made a covenant at Mizpah, heaping stones as a witness, and called on the LORD to watch between them. The subject kissed his daughters and grandchildren, blessed them, and returned to his place.
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- The deceiver often finds his own deceit returning upon him.
- No scheme of a grasping heart can thwart the God who prospers His own.
- God can restrain even a hostile pursuer to protect His purposes.
