Genesis 29:14 meaning and explanation
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
Genesis 29:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Laban speaks these words after Jacob, having fled his brother Esau, arrives in Haran and recounts his story. The phrase "my own flesh and blood" is a Hebrew idiom meaning close kinship, literally "my bone and my flesh," and it echoes Adam's words about Eve in Genesis 2.
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