But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

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

Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “This is the Lord’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.

Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”

Laban replied to Jacob, “These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today or the children to whom they have given birth?