Genesis 30: Lavan on the Edge

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Oct 10, 2025 · 4m

After 11 children are born, Yaacov approaches Lavan and asks to leave:

וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה רָחֵל אֶת־יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־לָבָן שַׁלְּחֵנִי וְאֵלְכָה אֶל־מְקוֹמִי וּלְאַרְצִי׃

“Jacob said to Laban, ‘Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country.’” (30:25)

Lavan responds that he knows that God has blessed his house because Yaacov dwells there:

אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ נִחַשְׁתִּי וַיְבָרֲכֵנִי ה בִּגְלָלֶךָ׃

“‘If I have found favor in your eyes, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.’” (Genesis 30:27)

Lavan attributes his…