3150. 'And he said, I am not eating' means refusal, that is to say, the affection for good in the natural man had not yet made those Divine things its own. This is clear without explanation.

3130. 'His name was Laban' means the essential nature of that affection. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' as a person's character or nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724. Here therefore 'Laban' means the essential nature of that affection which is being dealt with.