[4] showing here clearly, that the plain is the symbol of revolt and contention. And he calls them and says, "I see [3] [4] the face of your father, that it is not to me as it was yesterday and the day before yesterday, [5] but the God of my father was with me." And on this account I should be inclined to say, Laban is not favourable to you because God is on your side; for in the soul, by which the external object of the outward senses is honoured as the greatest good, perfect reason is not found to exist; but in the soul, in which God walks, the external object of the outward senses is not looked upon as the greatest good, according to which object the name of Laban is given and understood.