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Genesis 30:33

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31 “What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.

32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

35 That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.

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BSB
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
KJV
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
WEB
So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.”
ASV
So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that [if found] with me, shall be counted stolen.
DARBY
And my righteousness shall answer for me hereafter, when thou comest about my hire, before thy face: all that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, let that be stolen with me.
BLB
And my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when you come upon my wage before your face—every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs—it was stolen if it is with me.”
ÅB
Og min ærlighet skal vitne for meg, når du siden engang kommer og ser over min lønn. Finnes det hos meg noen geit som ikke er flekket og spraglet, og noen sau som ikke er sort, så er det stjålet.
OTB
Så min ærlighet vil svare for meg senere, når du kommer for å sjekke min lønn. Hver som ikke er prikkete eller flekkete blant geitene, eller mørkfarget blant lammene, hvis funnet hos meg, vil bli ansett som stjålet."
B1930
Og min ærlighet skal vidne for mig, når du siden engang kommer og ser over min lønn. Finnes det hos mig nogen gjet som ikke er flekket og spraglet, og noget får som ikke er sort, så er det stjålet.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 26:23

    May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

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  • Psalms 37:6

    He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

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  • Genesis 31:37

    You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

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  • 2 Samuel 22:21

    The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

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  • Isaiah 59:12

    For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

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  • Exodus 13:14

    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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