Chapter 31 50. Laban Understood the Wrong of Polygamy—Laban understood the wrong of polygamy, although it was alone through his artifice that Jacob had taken two wives. He well knew that it was the jealousy of Leah and Rachel that led them to give their maids to Jacob, which confused the family relation, and increased the unhappiness of his daughters. And now as his daughters are journeying at a great distance from him, and their interest is to be entirely separate from his own, he would guard as far as possible their happiness. Laban would not have Jacob bring still greater unhappiness upon himself and upon Leah and Rachel, by taking other wives (Spiritual Gifts 3:126).{1BC 1095.5}

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50. Laban så det forkerte i polygami. - Laban så det forkerte i polygami, selvom det alene var hans kneb at Jakob havde taget to hustruer. Han vidste godt at det var jalousi på Lea og Rakel som fik dem til at give deres mødom til Jakob, som forvirrede familieforholdet, og gjorde hans døtre ulykkelige. Og nu hvor hans døtre rejste langt bort fra ham, og deres sager blev helt adskilt fra hans, ville han vogte deres lykke så vidt det var muligt. Laban ville ikke have at Jakob pådrog sig selv større ulykke end over Lea og Rakel, ved at tage andre hustruer. (3SG 126).