“Agreed!” said Laban, “It will be as you say.” ¹ 

(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) ¹  Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

So Laban invited all the people ¹  of that place and prepared a feast.

Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left. ¹ 

Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face ¹  the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban’s flocks.

When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed. ¹ 

Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too. ¹ 

Jacob became angry ¹  and argued with Laban. “What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban. ²  “What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit? ³ 

Jacob also deceived ¹  Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving. ² 

Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ¹  but Jacob called it Galeed. ² 

When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, ¹  and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he ²  went over ³  and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. ⁴ 

Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, ¹  while ²  Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Now then, my son, do what I say. ¹  Run away immediately ²  to my brother Laban in Haran.

So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson ¹  of Nahor?” “We know him,” ²  they said.

(Now Laban had two daughters; ¹  the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) ¹ 

“It is not our custom here,” ¹  Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage ²  before the firstborn.

(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) ¹ 

Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ¹  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

(32:1) ¹  Early in the morning Laban kissed ²  his grandchildren ³  and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home. ⁴