“And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.”
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob his sister's son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things. Laban's hurrying to meet Jacob echoes the Laban of Genesis 24:29 — the same man, the same urgency. But in Genesis 24 the narrator noted that Laban ran when he saw the gold jewelry. Here there is no jewelry visible. Yet the warmth is genuine; Jacob is family. The application: the welcome of family is real even when family relationships contain complexity. Laban genuinely welcomes Jacob as family.
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