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Jacob's uncle and father-in-law — the master of bait-and-switch
open_in_newRebekah's brother and father of Leah and Rachel. Jacob worked seven years to marry Rachel, and Laban swapped in Leah on the wedding night (Genesis 29:23-25). Then Jacob had to work another seven years for Rachel. Laban changed Jacob's wages ten times and generally tried to exploit him at every turn. The trickster Jacob finally met someone trickier than himself.