Rebecca's father. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.

Now Rebecca had a brother named Laban, and he ran outside to go to the well where Abraham's servant was.

Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Mesopotamia to find a wife. He also learned that when Isaac blessed him, he commanded him not to marry a Canaanite woman.

(SEE 31:17)

Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving.

In a dream that night God came to Laban and said to him, "Be careful not to threaten Jacob in any way."

When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

Then, in the LORD's presence you will recite these words: 'My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, who took his family to Egypt to live. They were few in number when they went there, but they became a large and powerful nation.

And there were many people suffering from a dreaded skin disease who lived in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha; yet not one of them was healed, but only Naaman the Syrian."