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Labanלָבָןsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Surelyאַךְyouאָתָּהare my boneעַצְמִיand my flesh.”וּבְשָׂרִיAnd he stayedוַיֵּשֶׁבwith himעִמּוֹa month.חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים
Genesis 29:14
Study it in the app“Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him a month.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:14, word by word
- Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- are my boneעַצְמִatsmi
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmi” appears- and my fleshבְשָׂרִvesari
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesari” appears- And he stayedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- a monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- a monthיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
13When 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.
14 · This verse (above)
15Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my brother, should you serve me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
To study Genesis 29 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Jacob’s seven years of service were over, and what did he say to Laban (vv. 20-28)?
2. What it means
What irony is there in Jacob, who deceived his father, now being deceived by Laban (v. 25)?
3. How I live it
How can you stay honest with others even when the opposite would suit you better?