Study it in the app“Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the sons are my sons, the flock is my flock, and all that you see is mine. But to my daughters what can I do to these today, or to their children whom they have borne?”
Labanלָבָןansweredוַיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Jacob,אֶל יַעֲקֹב“The daughtersהַבָּנוֹתare my daughters,בְּנֹתַיthe sonsוְהַבָּנִיםare my sons,בָּנַיthe flockוְהַצֹּאןis my flock,צֹאנִיand allוְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהseeרֹאֶהis mine.לִי הוּאBut to my daughtersוְלִבְנֹתַיwhatמָהcan I doאֶעֱשֶׂהto theseלָאֵלֶּהtoday,הַיּוֹםor to their childrenאוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶןwhomאֲשֶׁרthey have borne?יָלָדוּ
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “banot” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaladu” appears42Had not the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. Elohim has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and he rebuked you last night.”
43 · This verse (above)
44So now, come, let us make a covenant, I and you, and let it be a witness between me and you.”
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?
