There are several parallels between Jacob's flight from Laban and Joseph's brothers' flight from Egypt:

>Laban accused Jacob of returning evil for good. Joseph said the same to his brothers.
>Tradition says Laban used his idols for divination. Joseph said the same of his cup.
>Jacob said whoever took Laban's idols would die. Joseph's brothers said the same about his "stolen" cup.
>The search for the stolen items in both cases appears to have been oldest to youngest.