And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
WEB
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
YLT
and Laban saith to him, `Only my bone and my flesh art thou;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days.
DBT
And Laban said to him, Thou art indeed my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him a month's time.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)