Genesis 30:29 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 30:29

27 And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.”

28 Then he said, ^a“Name me your wages, and I will give it.”

29 So Jacob said to him, ^a“You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.

30 For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the Lord has blessed you¹ since my coming. And now, when shall I also ^aprovide for my own house?”

31 So he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks:

32 Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and ^athese shall be my wages.

33 So my ^arighteousness will answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with me.”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 30:29

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American Standard Version
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

Amplified® Bible
Jacob answered him, You know how I have served you, and how your possessions, your cattle {and} sheep {and} goats, have fared with me.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob answered: You've seen how hard I've worked for you, and you know how your flocks and herds have grown under my care.

Darby English Version
And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.

Good News Bible
Jacob answered, "You know how I have worked for you and how your flocks have prospered under my care.

King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

New American Standard Bible
But he said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have fared with me.

New International Version
Jacob said to him, "You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.

New King James Version
So Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But he said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have fared with me.

Revised Standard Version
Jacob said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you, and how your cattle have fared with me.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee `in', and that which thy substance was with me;

New English Translation
“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,¹ “and how well your livestock have fared under my care.²

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