“And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.”
When he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard what Rebekah said the man told her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring. The narrator's observation that Laban ran because he saw the gold is the first clue to Laban's character: he is motivated by wealth. He heard the words — then he saw the jewelry — then he ran. The material consideration drives the action. Proverbs 28:20 warns that a person eager to get rich will not go unpunished. The application: note the order of Laban's motivations in this verse. Seeing the gold precedes hearing the words. What you see first shapes what you hear.
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