Genesis 29:14

14 Lavan said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him 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 Ya`akov told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rivka's son. She ran and told her father.

13 It happened, when Lavan heard the news of Ya`akov, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Ya`akov, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Ya`akov told Lavan all these things.

14 Lavan said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.

15 Lavan said to Ya`akov, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

16 Lavan had two daughters. The name of the elder was Le'ah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.