And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Parallel translations
- WEB Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
- BSB So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
- NKJV And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.
- NASB So Laban gathered all the people of the place and held a feast.
- NLT So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast.
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Quick answer
Laban gathers all the men of the place and holds a wedding feast.
Overview
The feast appears to honor the marriage, but it also serves Laban's scheme by providing cover for the substitution. Such celebrations typically lasted a week, framing the "week" mentioned later. The festive setting masks the deception about to unfold under the cover of evening.
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Cross-references · 6
- Rev 19:9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
- Matt 25:1–10Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- Ruth 4:10–13Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
- Matt 22:2–10The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
- Judg 14:10–18So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
- John 2:1–10And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
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