# Laban

## Facts

In the Old Testament, Laban was the uncle and father-in-law of Jacob. 

* Jacob lived with Laban's household in Padan Aram and managed his sheep and goats as a condition of marriage to Laban's daughters.
* Jacob's preference was for Laban's daughter Rachel to be his wife.
* Laban deceived Jacob and made him marry his oldest daughter Leah first before giving Rachel to him as his wife.