Laban replied, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. ¹  Stay with me.”

“After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord,

You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ¹  you follow their policies. ²  Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ³  the city’s ⁴  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ⁵  and nations will mock all of you.” ⁶