Genesis 29:14

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Then Laban said to him, 'Surely you are my own flesh and blood.' Jacob stayed with him for a month.

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  • 2 Sam 19:12-13 : 12 Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his house?' 13 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring the king back?'
  • Judg 9:2 : 2 "Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you: that seventy men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember, I am your own flesh and blood."
  • Gen 2:23 : 23 The man said, 'This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman," for she was taken out of man.'
  • 2 Sam 5:1 : 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood."
  • Mic 7:5 : 5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.
  • Gen 13:8 : 8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no conflict between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kin.
  • Gen 29:12 : 12 Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.
  • Gen 29:15 : 15 Laban said to Jacob, 'Because you are my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?'
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 because we are members of His body.

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  • Gen 29:10-13
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    10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban’s sheep, he went up, rolled the stone away from the well’s mouth, and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep.

    11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

    12Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.

    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 everything that had happened.

  • Gen 29:15-16
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    15Laban said to Jacob, 'Because you are my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?'

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

  • Gen 29:19-22
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    19Laban replied, 'It is better for me to give her to you than to another man. Stay here with me.'

    20So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

    21Then Jacob said to Laban, 'Give me my wife, for my time is completed, and I want to be with her.'

    22So Laban gathered all the men of the place and held a feast.

  • Gen 30:27-29
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    27But Laban said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me because of you.'

    28He continued, 'Name your wages, and I will pay them.'

    29Jacob said to him, 'You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.'

  • Gen 29:25-28
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    25In the morning, Jacob saw it was Leah. So he said to Laban, 'What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?'

    26Laban replied, 'It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter before the older one.'

    27'Complete this week’s celebration with Leah, and we will give you Rachel also, in return for another seven years of work.'

    28Jacob did so and completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives camped in the hill country of Gilead.

    26Then Laban said to Jacob, 'What have you done? You deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives taken in war.

  • Gen 31:42-44
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    42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.

    43Laban answered Jacob, 'The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or about the children they have borne?

    44Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.'

  • Gen 30:34
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    34Laban said, 'Very well, let it be as you have said.'

  • Gen 30:36
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    36Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban's flocks.

  • Gen 31:2-3
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    2Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was no longer the same as it had been before.

    3Then the LORD said to Jacob, 'Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.'

  • Gen 29:5
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    5He asked them, 'Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?' They answered, 'We know him.'

  • Gen 31:36
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    36Then Jacob became angry and confronted Laban. 'What is my crime?' he asked. 'What sin have I committed that you have pursued me?

  • Gen 27:44
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    44Stay with him for a while, until your brother's fury subsides.

  • Gen 31:51
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    51Laban also said to Jacob, 'Here is the heap, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

  • Gen 31:30
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    30Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?

  • Gen 29:30
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    30Jacob was also with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.