Genesis 29:14

14 Laban said to him, "Surely you are ¹my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him a month.

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Genesis 29:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:14

And Laban said to him, surely thou [art] my bone and my
flesh
Nearly allied in blood, being his sister's son:

and he abode with him the space of a month;
or "a month of days" ^F13, a full month to a day; all this while feeding his flocks, and doing whatsoever service he had for him to do.

FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Mymy vdx) "mensem dierum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Schmidt.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 29:14 In-Context

12 Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father.

13 So when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then he related to Laban all these things.

14 Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him a month.

15 Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?"

16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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1. Genesis 2:23; Judges 9:2; 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 19:12, 13

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