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And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight [is] a bekah), and twobracelets for her hands (whose weight [is] ten [bekahs] of gold),
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.
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