Genesis 29:14

And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

13And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.

15And Laban said to Jacob, Surely thou shalt not serve me for nothing, because thou art my brother; tell me what thy reward is to be.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:23And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.

Genesis 29:12And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of her father, and the son of Rebekah; and she ran and reported to her father according to these words.

Genesis 37:27Come, let us sell him to these Ishmaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.

2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Hebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Micah 7:5Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.

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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