This verse does not really tell us anything special, it just is saying that Laban is gathering sheep for Jacob, but the one thing it does tell us is that the word sheep is not always used in a special way, sometimes the word means what it actually is. In John 10: 1-6 Jesus is talking to the Pharisees about how you should not enter the sheep pen unless given permission and that the sheep follow him because they know his voice, but they will never follow a stranger's voice. This verse in John uses the word sheep to symbolize God’s people, or us. What Jesus is really trying to tell the Pharisees is that the followers of God are going to follow his voice and believe what he says instead of believing other outside