Genesis 30:26

²⁴ She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

²⁵ Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

²⁷ But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

²⁸ And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
KJV: Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
WEB: Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
ASV: Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.
DARBY: Give [me] my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.
BLB: Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and I will go. For you—you know my service which I have served you.”

ÅB: Gi meg mine hustruer og mine barn, som jeg har tjent deg for, så vil jeg dra bort; du vet jo selv hvordan jeg har tjent deg.
OTB: Gi meg mine koner og mine barn som jeg har tjent deg for, og la meg dra; for du vet hvilken tjeneste jeg har gitt."
B1930: Gi mig mine hustruer og mine barn, som jeg har tjent dig for, så vil jeg dra bort; du vet jo selv hvorledes jeg har tjent dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 29:30
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
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Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
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Genesis 31:6
You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
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Genesis 29:19–20
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
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Genesis 31:31
“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
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Genesis 31:38–41
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
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Genesis 31:26
Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
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Genesis 30:29–30
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
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