And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Ver. 14. Surely thou art my bone, &c.] Good words cost nothing; and the veriest countrymen are commonly freer of them than of real courtesies. Pertinax the emperor was surnamed Cρηστολογος, quid blandus esset, magis quam benignus. But that of Nero was abominable, who, the very day before he killed his mother, most lovingly embraced her, kissed her eyes and hands, and, accompanying her when she departed, used these sweet words: All happiness attend you, my good mother; for in you I live, and by you I reign. a "As a potsherd covered with silver dross, so are burning lips and a wicked heart". Pro 26:23
a Mητερ ερρωσο μοι, και υγιαινε, εν γαρ σοι και εγω ζω, και δια σου Bασιλευω. - Dio in Ner.