1 Nephi 3:23

23  And after we had gathered these things together, we went up again unto the house of Laban.

            -instead of sending just one, the brothers went together in the strength of their numbers.  This is a contrast to their first attempt where they sent only one in.  Perhaps they felt safer in the strength of their brotherhood.  Even this, however, is mached and exceeded by Laban.  Curiously their third attempt involves only one going in with the Lord as a ‘silent companion’.