And Laban said to him, Thou art indeed my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him a month's time.

And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us some days, or say ten; after that she shall go.

and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away --

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.