Genesis 29:14

Laban said to him, "Yes, you are my flesh and blood."

Jacob marries Leah and Rachel

14 After Jacob had stayed with Laban for a month,

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Genesis 29:14 In-Context

12 Jacob told Rachel that he was related to her father and that he was Rebekah's son. She then ran to tell her father.

13 When Laban heard about Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him. Laban embraced him, kissed him, and invited him into his house, where Jacob recounted to Laban everything that had happened.

14 Laban said to him, "Yes, you are my flesh and blood." After Jacob had stayed with Laban for a month,

15 Laban said to Jacob, "You shouldn't have to work for free just because you are my relative. Tell me what you would like to be paid."

16 Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah and the younger Rachel.