Genesis 29:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Sam 19:12-13 : 12 You are my brethren, you are my bones and my flesh; why then are you the last to bring back the king? 13 And say to Amasa, Are you not of my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of the host before me continually in the place of Joab.
  • Judg 9:2 : 2 Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, asking, Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rules over you? Remember also that I am your own flesh and bone.
  • Gen 2:23 : 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
  • 2 Sam 5:1 : 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
  • Mic 7:5 : 5 Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.
  • Gen 13:8 : 8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
  • Gen 29:12 : 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.
  • Gen 29:15 : 15 And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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    10And when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

    11And Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept.

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

    13And it came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

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

    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 29:19-22
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    19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man; stay with me.

    20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days, because of the love he had for her.

    21And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may go in to her.

    22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.

  • Gen 30:27-29
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    27Laban said to him, "I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."

    28He said, "Set your wages, and I will give it."

    29He said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your cattle have been with me."

  • Gen 29:25-28
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    25And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?

    26And Laban said, It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

    27Fulfill her week, and we will give you the other one also for the service which you shall serve with me for seven more years.

    28And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife also.

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    25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead.

    26And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have stolen away secretly from me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

  • Gen 31:42-44
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    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

    43And Laban answered and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

    44Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you.

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    34Laban said, "Behold, I would it might be according to your word."

  • Gen 30:36
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    36He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

  • Gen 31:2-3
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    2And Jacob noticed the expression of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as before.

    3And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

  • Gen 29:5
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    5And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

  • Gen 31:36
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    36And Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?

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    51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have set between me and you;

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    30And now, though you would certainly be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?

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    30And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him another seven years.