Genesis 29:14

Laban said to him, “You are indeed my bone and my flesh.” Then Jacob stayed with him for about 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

13When Laban heard the news about Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 2:23The man said, 1 “This time, this one is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. 1 She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man.”

Genesis 29:12Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son. Then she ran and told her father.

Genesis 37:27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands upon him. For he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your flesh and bone.

Micah 7:5Do not trust any neighbor; 1 put no confidence in any friend. 1 Be careful about what you say 1 even to the woman who lies in your arms. 1

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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