And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast, х waya`as (H6213) mishteh (H4960)] - made a banquet, a symposium [Septuagint, epoieese gamon]. In both these phrases, the idea of the marriage feast is more prominent than the marriage itself (cf. Esther 2:18; Matthew 25:10), and, indeed, both the Hebrew and Greek words are sometimes used for mere feasting (Esther 9:22; Luke 14:8). These nuptial festivities lasted for the most part seven days (cf. Judges 14:12), but sometimes fourteen days (Tobias 8:19).