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Rashi says that when we bring the bikurim, we need to show hakaras hatov to Hashem for the good which he does for us.
R’ Kasriel Aurbach from Ponovich asks, why mention Lavan over Eisav? Eisav tried to kill Yaakov too, and wanted to harm Yaakov before Lavan entered the picture.
He answers that there is two types of hatred. There is hatred due to events, and a general hatred (sinas chinam). Hatred due to events is a lesser hatred, as it can easily be dissolved if the events change. Sinas Chinam is worse since it is baseless.
Eisav hated Yaakov because of the brachos. Lavan’s hatred towards Yaakov was pure sinas chinam. Granted they both wanted to harm Yaakov, however Lavan was worse since he was coming with sinas chinam.
As such, since Lavan was worse, the saving from Lavan is considered greater than being saved from Eisav. Therefore, when bringing the bikurim and showing our hakaras hatov towards HaKadosh Baruch Hu, we state the salvation from Lavan since it is greater than the salvation from Eisav.