A place Moses spoke to Israel
Laban
Named in 1 verse of Deuteronomy, first in Deuteronomy 1:1.
לָבָןLaban
The name means “white; shining; gentle; brittle.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Laban Written by AI
Laban is mentioned in Deu.1.1 as one of the places where Moses spoke to the Israelites, along with Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Dizahab, and Hazeroth. The verse provides a geographical context for Moses' address to the people before they entered the Promised Land.
Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.
Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Laban, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
White. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, fled to the house of Laban, whose daughters Leah and Rachel (ch. 29) he eventually married. (See JACOB.)
(2.) A city in the Arabian desert in the route of the Israelites (Deut. 1:1), probably identical with Libnah (Num. 33:20).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.