Genesis 29:14

Then Laban said, “You are family for me.” Jacob stayed and worked for his uncle for one month.

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In The King James Version

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

In Context

13As soon as Laban heard what Rachel said, he ran to meet Jacob. He hugged him and kissed him, and then took him to his house. Jacob told his uncle Laban the whole story.

15At the end of the month Laban said to Jacob, “You are my close relation. I cannot let you work for nothing. How can I pay you?”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:23The man looked at the woman and said, “Now I have a partner for myself. She was made from one of my bones. She has come from a man's body, so I am going to call her woman.”

Genesis 29:12He said to her, “I am Rebekah's son and your father is my uncle. I am your cousin.” When Rachel heard what he said, she ran home to tell her father, Laban.

Genesis 37:27He is our brother, and our own flesh and blood. If we sell him to these Ishmaelites, we can get rid of him that way.” And his brothers thought it was a good idea.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:10-15

Rachel's Humility and Industry. ( b. c. 1760.) 9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and… Read the whole commentary →

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