Laban in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("whiteness). Possibly alluding to the white poplars growing
near. Deuteronomy 1:1. Perhaps Libnah (Numbers 33:20); near
the Elanitic gulf or the Arabah desert. The name may be
preserved in El Beyaneh, W. of the Arabah, N. of Ezion Geber.
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