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Genesis 29:14

World English Bible

Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” Jacob stayed with him for a month.

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Genesis 29:14 in other translations

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

Genesis 29:14 · American Standard Version

Genesis 29:14 in context

  1. 12Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.
  2. 13When Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
  3. 14Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” Jacob stayed with him for a month.
  4. 15Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?”
  5. 16Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.