Sentences with phrase «father laban»

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He carries through a systematic twenty - year operation in which Laban, his father - in - law (or brother - in - law — and no mean competitor, he!)

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:

They said, «Your servant, our father is well»» (Gen. 43:27 - 28), Jacob made a similar inquiry about Laban (29:6).