Person

Laban

Name means
white; shining; gentle; brittle
Mentioned
46 verses · first in Genesis 24:29

Family

GrandparentsNahorMilcah
ParentsBethuel
Laban
ChildrenLeahRachel
Brothers & sistersRebekah

About Laban

The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, fled to the house of Laban, whose daughters Leah and Rachel (ch. 29) he eventually married.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Every mention

Genesis 24:29, 24:50, 25:20, 27:43, 28:2, 28:5, 29:5, 29:10, 29:13–16, 29:19, 29:21–22, 29:24–26, 29:29, 30:25, 30:27, 30:34, 30:36, 30:40, 30:42, 31:1–2, 31:12, 31:19–20, 31:22, 31:24–26, 31:31, 31:33–34, 31:36, 31:43, 31:47–48, 31:51, 31:55, 32:4, 46:18, 46:25

People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.