Sentences with phrase «against laban»

When we add to this the detailed description of Jacob's unmitigated crime against Laban (30:25 ff.)

With his treachery against Laban just behind him, and the awful reminder of his shame against father and brother just ahead in the inevitable meeting with Esau, God falls upon him as a nocturnal spirit who, after a struggle that endures throughout the night, again gives — this time simply in a name — both promise and blessing: