Examples of using "Labão" in a sentence and their english translations:
And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.
And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban, the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.
And when he had heard the causes of his journey, he answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh.
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and when he, with his brethren, had overtaken him, he pitched his tent in the same mount of Galaad.
And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to be his cousin german, and that they were the sheep of Laban, his uncle: he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed.
And he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage.
And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father-in-law: Send me away, that I may return into my country, and to my land.
And Laban called it 'The witness heap'; and Jacob, 'The hillock of testimony': each of them according to the propriety of his language.
And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; and all the white and the black were Laban's, and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.
Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia; and the younger was called Rachel.
At that time Laban was gone to sheer his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.
And Jacob would not confess to his father-in-law that he was flying away.
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad.
And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord: we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure.
Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.
Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.
And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.
And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
And he said to Jacob: Why hast thou done thus, to carry away, without my knowledge, my daughters as captives taken with the sword?
But after that he had heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying: Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and being enriched by his substance is become great. And perceiving also, that Laban's countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day.
And bread was set before him. But he said: I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him: Speak.
And he saw in a dream God, saying to him: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.
And when he had searched all the tent, and founding nothing, she said: Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, because it has now happened to me according to the custom of women. So his careful search was in vain.
And he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his flock.
But Laban arose in the night, and kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them: and returned to his place.
And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad, it was told Laban on the third day, that Jacob fled.
And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bathuel, the Syrian, brother to Rebecca, his mother.
And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing, but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed and keep thy sheep again.
And he brought him into his lodging; and he unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and hay, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were come with him.
Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight. I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.
And he separated the same day the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted; and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
Who, when he heard that Jacob his sister's son was come, ran forth to meet him: and embracing him, and heartily kissing him, brought him into his house.
And after the days of one month were expired, he said to him: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou serve me without wages? Tell me what wages thou wilt have.
Laban answered: It is not the custom in this place, to give the younger in marriage first.
He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel, to whom her father gave Bala, for her servant.
Laban answered him: The daughters are mine, and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren?
Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom, when morning was come he saw it was Lia. And he said to his father-in-law: What is it that thou didst mean to do? did not I serve thee for Rachel? why hast thou deceived me?
And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Canaan, but go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban, thy uncle.
And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap. The Lord behold and judge between us, when we shall be gone one from the other.
Now therefore, my son, hear my voice, arise and flee to Laban, my brother, to Haran: And thou shalt dwell with him a few days, till the wrath of thy brother be assuaged, and his indignation cease, and he forget the things thou hast done to him.
So Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and of Lia, and of both the handmaids, and found them not. An when he was entered into Rachel's tent, she, in haste, hid the idols under the camel's furniture, and sat upon them.
But when the later coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward became laban's; and they of the first time Jacob's. And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid-servants and men-servants, camels and asses.
And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am. And he said: Lift up thy eyes, and see that all the males leaping upon the females are of divers colours, spotted and speckled. For I have seen all that Laban hath done to thee.
And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day. I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.
And Jacob being angry said in a chiding manner: For what fault of mine, and for what offence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me, and searched all my household stuff? What hast thou found of all the substance of thy house? lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and let them judge between me and thee.
And he said again to Jacob: Behold this heap, and the stone which I have set up between me and thee, shall be a witness: this heap, I say, and the stone, be they for a testimony, if either I shall pass beyond it going towards thee, or thou shalt pass beyond it thinking harm to me.
And Rebecca had a brother, named Laban, who went out in haste to the man, to the well. And when he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister's hands, and had heard all that she related, saying, Thus and thus the man spoke to me: he came to the man who stood by the camels, and near to the spring of water, and said to him: Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; why standest thou without? I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.