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[[File:Figures Jacob Laban Make Covenant.jpg|thumb|Laban and Jacob make a covenant together, as narrated in {{bibleverse||Genesis|31:44–54|HE}}]]
'''Laban''' ([[Aramaic]]: ܠܵܒܵܢ; {{Hebrew Name|{{Script/Hebrew|לָבָן}}|Lavan|Lāḇān|"White"}}), also known as '''Laban the Aramean''', is a figure in the [[Book of Genesis]] of the [[Hebrew Bible]]. He was the brother of [[Rebekah]], the woman who married [[Isaac]] and bore [[Jacob]]. Laban welcomed his nephew, and set him the stipulation of seven years' labour before he permitted him to marry his daughter [[Rachel]]. Laban tricked Jacob into marrying his elder daughter [[Leah]] instead. Jacob then took [[Rachel]] as his second wife, on condition of serving an additional seven years' labour.
Laban and his family were described as dwelling in [[Paddan Aram]], in [[Mesopotamia]]. Though the [[Hebrew Bible|biblical text]] itself does not attest to this, [[Rabbinic literature|rabbinic sources]] also identify him as the father of [[Bilhah]] and [[Zilpah]], the two concubines with whom Jacob also has children (''[[Midrash Rabba]]'', [[Genesis Rabbah|Gen. 24]]).
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