One scholar said that this phrase could be taken as a warm invitation for Jacob to stay or an admission that kinship obliged Laban to protect him. Whatever the case, Laban soon contemplated how he could exploit his nephew.
बात चाहे जो हो, लाबान ने जल्द ही सोच लिया कि वह अपने भाँजे का किस तरह से फायदा उठा सकता है ।