Who are Ya'aqov's (Jacob's) brothers in Genesis 31:46 and 31:54?
Answer From The Annual Reading Schedule - Week 8 Notes For Genesis: I speculate this is referring to Lavan (Laban) and his other relatives on that side of the family, not his literal brother from his Father Yitschaq's (Isaac's) lineage, since Esaw (Esau) is his only brother in that sense. We see even then "brother" can be a looser term used generally referring to relatives sometimes. It's also possible this is not referring to Lavan or Lavan's relatives because in Genesis 31:37 he says "my brothers and your brothers" indicating that Ya'aqov's brothers were not the same as Lavan's brothers. If that is the case, then this would have to be referring to possibly just all the men of the company of people who were with him, or possibly just his sons.