First name Laban in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Laban is the name of the brother of Rebekah (GEN 24:29). Meaning of the name: white; shining; gentle; brittle. Related names are: Jacob, Rachel, Leah . The translations of Laban in 24 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Laban in Norwegian to لبن in Arabic!
Name Laban in the world's Bibles
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. (GEN 24:29)
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. (GEN 24:29)
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. (GEN 24:50)
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. (GEN 25:20)
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; (GEN 27:43)
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. (GEN 28:2)
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. (GEN 28:5)
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. (GEN 29:5)
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. (GEN 29:10)
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. (GEN 29:10)
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. (GEN 29:10)
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. (GEN 29:13)
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. (GEN 29:13)
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. (GEN 29:14)
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? (GEN 29:15)
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. (GEN 29:16)
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. (GEN 29:19)
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. (GEN 29:21)
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. (GEN 29:22)
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. (GEN 29:24)
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? (GEN 29:25)
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. (GEN 29:26)
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. (GEN 29:29)
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. (GEN 30:25)
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. (GEN 30:27)
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. (GEN 30:34)
And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. (GEN 30:36)
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. (GEN 30:40)
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. (GEN 30:40)
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. (GEN 30:42)

Popularity of the name Laban in its translations around the world

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