World English Bible
Genesis 29:14
“Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." He lived with him for a month.”
Verse in context — Genesis 29
Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." He lived with him for a month.
Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?
Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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