And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be]?
Ver. 15. Shouldest thou therefore serve me.] He pretends love and equity to his covetous aims and reaches. Candid he would needs seem (according to his name) a and considerate. But as blackmoors have their teeth only white, so is Laban's kindness from the teeth outward. He was as a whited wall or painted sepulchre, or an Egyptian temple - fair and specious without, but within, some cat, rat, or calf there idolised and adored. Hypocrites, whatever they pretend, have a hawk's eye to praise or profit: they must be gainers by their piety or humanity, which must be another Diana, to bring gain to the craftsmaster. The eagle, when she soareth highest, hath an eye ever to the prey.
a Laban, est candidus.