Add parallel Print Page Options

28 Then the young woman ran off and told her mother’s household what had happened. 29 (A)Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban. Laban rushed outside to the man at the spring. 30 [a]When he saw the nose-ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms and when he heard Rebekah repeating what the man had said to her, he went to him while he was standing by the camels at the spring.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 24:30 Laban becomes hospitable only when he sees the servant’s rich gifts, which is in humorous contrast to his sister’s spontaneous generosity toward the servant. Laban’s opportunism points forward to his behavior in the Jacob stories (31:14–16).