Genesis 29:14

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife, I ask you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

Genesis 2:23

Then Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she will be called Woman, for she was taken out of Man.”

Genesis 29:12

Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. Then she ran and told her father.

Genesis 29:15

Laban said to Jacob, “Since you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

Genesis 37:27

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let us not lay our hand on him, for he is our brother and our own flesh.” So his brothers agreed.

2 Samuel 5:1

All of the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

Micah 7:5

Do not trust in a companion, do not rely on a friend; from her who lies in your embrace, guard the doors of your mouth.

Romans 11:14

if by any means I may make my kinsmen jealous and might save some of them.

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

Judges 9:2

“Please say in the hearing of all of the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, to have all seventy sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or for one man to rule over you? Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.’ ”