Jacob packed up all he had, put his wives and children on camels and drove all his livestock away from Laban and his home without even telling him they were leaving. Laban was not even at home when he left. Laban didn’t know that Jacob and his family had left until three days after the fact. He gathered his clansmen and took off after them. It took them another seven days to catch up to them.
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Laban profited quite well with the marriage of his sister, Rebekah, to Isaac. Then, he used his daughters as bargaining chips when Jacob wanted to marry Rachel. He defrauded Jacob by giving him Leah as wife when he thought he had been working 7 years for Rachel. Laban received another 7 years of service for the hand of Rachel. And all this time, because of Jacob, he was blessed by God. Laban tried to make sure that the amount livestock that Jacob requested from him as wages was as little as possible.
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TURNABOUT’S FAIR PLAY
The wedding plans were made. People were invited to celebrate. A feast was had by all. As was custom, Laban brought the heavily veiled bride to Jacob and they retired to their tent for the wedding night. In the morning, the fur hit the fan. Jacob found Leah in his bed instead of Rachel. Immediately he went to Laban and called him out on the deception. “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?” (Genesis 29:25b). He was outraged. He had worked for 7 years just to be able to marry Rachel, but he married Leah instead.
