“And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”
He said: come, you who are blessed by the LORD. Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels. The welcome is effusive — blessed by the LORD — and the preparation is complete. Laban's hospitality is real, even if its motivation is mixed. The combination of genuine hospitality and material interest is not unusual; it is the human condition. The application: people can be genuinely hospitable for mixed reasons. The hospitality is still real; the motivation still matters.
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