Genesis 29:14

Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” So he remained with him a whole 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 about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, put his arms around him, kissed him many times, and brought him to his home. When Jacob told Laban all that had happened,

15Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you serve me for nothing simply because you are related to me? Tell me what will be your wages?”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:23Then the human said, “This now is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, for from man she was taken.”

Genesis 29:12When Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son, she ran and told her father.

Genesis 37:27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let us do him no violence, for he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” So his brothers listened to him;

Micah 7:5Do not trust your neighbor, do not rely on a friend. From the wife who lies in your arms guard your tongue.

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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