Laban

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brother of Rebekah (GEN 24:29)

Lineage: God › Adam › Seth › Enos › Cainan › Mahalaleel › Jared › Enoch › Methuselah › Lamech › Noah › Shem › Arphaxad › Cainan › Salah › Eber › Peleg › Reu › Serug › Nahor › Terah › Nahor › Bethuel › Laban

Names

en Laban
white; shining; gentle; brittle
en Laban · Also called · H3837a none · GEN 24:29
white
he לָבָ֑ן lavan · H3837a · GEN 24:29
white
he לָבָן · H3837A
el Λαβαν Laban · none · GEN 24:29
bg Лаван

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Gen 24:29 Gen 24:32 Gen 24:50 Gen 25:20 Gen 27:43 Gen 28:2 Gen 28:5 Gen 29:5 Gen 29:10 Gen 29:13 Gen 29:14 Gen 29:15 Gen 29:16 Gen 29:19 Gen 29:21 Gen 29:22 Gen 29:24 Gen 29:25 Gen 29:26 Gen 29:29 Gen 30:25 Gen 30:27 Gen 30:34 Gen 30:36 Gen 30:40 Gen 30:42 Gen 31:1 Gen 31:2 Gen 31:12 Gen 31:19 Gen 31:20 Gen 31:22 Gen 31:24 Gen 31:25 Gen 31:26 Gen 31:31 Gen 31:33 Gen 31:34 Gen 31:36 Gen 31:43 Gen 31:47 Gen 31:48 Gen 31:51 Gen 31:55 Gen 32:4 Gen 46:18 Gen 46:25

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Conditional birth estimate

Conditional birth bounds under generation assumptions; not attested parental ages, biological limits or a lifespan.

The anchors give incompatible conditional intervals. This calculation establishes no birth year.

Below are relatives with a selected birth year, the generations separating them, and the interval allowed by each anchor. Each relative’s page shows available dates and sources. The overall estimate uses the intersection of the allowed intervals.

Relative / anchor year	Generations	Conditional interval
Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor	3 25–130 years per generation	c. 2050 BC – 1735 BC
Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor	3 25–130 years per generation	c. 1981 BC – 1666 BC
Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor	4 25–130 years per generation	c. 2056 BC – 1636 BC
Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor	5 25–130 years per generation	c. 2061 BC – 1536 BC
Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor	6 25–130 years per generation	c. 2068 BC – 1438 BC
Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor	7 25–130 years per generation	c. 2073 BC – 1338 BC
Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor	8 25–130 years per generation	c. 2082 BC – 1242 BC
Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor	9 25–130 years per generation	c. 2087 BC – 1142 BC
Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor	11 25–130 years per generation	c. 2072 BC – 917 BC
Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor	12 25–130 years per generation	c. 2147 BC – 887 BC
Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor	13 25–130 years per generation	c. 2623 BC – 1258 BC
Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor	14 25–130 years per generation	c. 2780 BC – 1310 BC
Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor	15 25–130 years per generation	c. 2942 BC – 1367 BC
Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor	16 25–130 years per generation	c. 2982 BC – 1302 BC
Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor	17 25–130 years per generation	c. 3119 BC – 1334 BC
Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor	18 25–130 years per generation	c. 3159 BC – 1269 BC
Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor	19 25–130 years per generation	c. 3204 BC – 1209 BC
Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor	19 25–130 years per generation	c. 3529 BC – 1534 BC
Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor	20 25–130 years per generation	c. 3269 BC – 1169 BC
Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor	20 25–130 years per generation	c. 3504 BC – 1404 BC
Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor	20 25–130 years per generation	c. 3505 BC – 1405 BC
Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor	21 25–130 years per generation	c. 3349 BC – 1144 BC
Dinah · 1751 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1841 BC – 1791 BC
Issachar · 1753 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1843 BC – 1793 BC
Levi · 1748 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1838 BC – 1788 BC
Reuben · 1757 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1847 BC – 1797 BC
Simeon · 1758 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1848 BC – 1798 BC
Zebulun · 1752 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1842 BC – 1792 BC
Benjamin · 1740 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1830 BC – 1780 BC
Joseph · 1744 BC Descendant	2 20–45 years per generation	c. 1834 BC – 1784 BC
Pharez · 1722 BC Descendant	3 20–45 years per generation	c. 1857 BC – 1782 BC
Kohath · 1705 BC Descendant	3 20–45 years per generation	c. 1840 BC – 1765 BC
Ephraim · 1709 BC Descendant	3 20–45 years per generation	c. 1844 BC – 1769 BC
Manasseh · 1710 BC Descendant	3 20–45 years per generation	c. 1845 BC – 1770 BC
Aaron · 1573 BC Descendant	4 20–45 years per generation	c. 1753 BC – 1653 BC
Moses · 1570 BC Descendant	4 20–45 years per generation	c. 1750 BC – 1650 BC
Amram · 1688 BC Descendant	4 20–45 years per generation	c. 1868 BC – 1768 BC
Eli · 1167 BC Descendant	10 20–45 years per generation	c. 1617 BC – 1367 BC
David · 1086 BC Descendant	12 20–45 years per generation	c. 1626 BC – 1326 BC
Joshua · 1532 BC Descendant	12 20–45 years per generation	c. 2072 BC – 1772 BC
Absalom · 1051 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1636 BC – 1311 BC
Adonijah · 1050 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1635 BC – 1310 BC
Amnon · 1053 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1638 BC – 1313 BC
Daniel · 1052 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1637 BC – 1312 BC
Ithream · 1048 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1633 BC – 1308 BC
Nathan · 1033 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1618 BC – 1293 BC
Shammua · 1031 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1616 BC – 1291 BC
Shephatiah · 1049 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1634 BC – 1309 BC
Shobab · 1032 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1617 BC – 1292 BC
Solomon · 1036 BC Descendant	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1621 BC – 1296 BC
Jehoshaphat · 949 BC Descendant	17 20–45 years per generation	c. 1714 BC – 1289 BC
Joash · 845 BC Descendant	20 20–45 years per generation	c. 1745 BC – 1245 BC
Amaziah · 826 BC Descendant	21 20–45 years per generation	c. 1771 BC – 1246 BC
Samuel · 1153 BC Descendant	21 20–45 years per generation	c. 2098 BC – 1573 BC
Hezekiah · 742 BC Descendant	25 20–45 years per generation	c. 1867 BC – 1242 BC
Josiah · 649 BC Descendant	28 20–45 years per generation	c. 1909 BC – 1209 BC
Jehoahaz · 633 BC Descendant	29 20–45 years per generation	c. 1938 BC – 1213 BC
Jehoiakim · 635 BC Descendant	29 20–45 years per generation	c. 1940 BC – 1215 BC
Zedekiah · 629 BC Descendant	29 20–45 years per generation	c. 1934 BC – 1209 BC
Jehoiachin · 617 BC Descendant	30 20–45 years per generation	c. 1967 BC – 1217 BC
Jesus Christ · 5 BC Descendant	43 20–45 years per generation	c. 1940 BC – 865 BC

Family of origin

Father: Bethuel
Mother: Unknown
Sister: Rebekah

One-parent family

Daughter: Leah
Daughter: Rachel

Laban Summary STEPBible TIPNR

Laban, the brother of Rebekah and father of Jacob's wives, Leah and Rachel.

Laban Article STEPBible TIPNR

Laban was the son of Bethuel and the brother of Rebekah, Isaac's wife (Gen 24:29). He lived in Paddan Aram, where he welcomed Abraham's servant who sought a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:29-51). Years later, Laban hosted his nephew Israel (or 'Jacob'), who fled from his brother Esau (Gen 27:43; 28.2,5). Laban arranged for Jacob to marry his daughters, Leah and Rachel, in exchange for fourteen years of labor (Gen.29). Laban also gave his maidservants, Zilpah and Bilhah, to Jacob as concubines (Gen.30.9,22). Jacob's wives bore him eleven sons and a daughter while living with Laban (Gen 29:31-30.24; 46.18,25). Laban and Jacob had a tense relationship due to Laban's deception and Jacob's prosperity (Gen.30-31). After Jacob fled with his family, Laban pursued them but ultimately made a covenant with Jacob before departing (Gen.31). Laban is last mentioned when Jacob sent messengers to Esau, stating that he had stayed with Laban (Gen 32:4).

Laban 1 Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, fled to the house of Laban, whose daughters Leah and Rachel (ch. 29) he eventually married.

Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Laban_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Laban@Gen.24.29-) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, laban_1803)

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