“And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.”
But Laban said to him: if I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you. The divination Laban practices is the method by which he has discerned the source of his prosperity. The recognition that Jacob is the source of the blessing — that the LORD blesses Laban because of Jacob — is the same recognition Abimelech had in Genesis 21:22. The application: the covenant blessing on one person overflows into the surrounding community. Laban knows his prosperity is connected to Jacob's presence.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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