Genesis 24:29

24:29 (Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) 1  Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

Genesis 43:6

43:6 Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble 2  on me by telling 3  the man you had one more brother?”

Genesis 44:19

44:19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

1 tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause introduces the audience to Laban, who will eventually play an important role in the unfolding story.

2 tn The verb may even have a moral connotation here, “Why did you do evil to me?”

3 tn The infinitive construct here explains how they brought trouble on Jacob.