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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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What Does Genesis 30:30 Mean?
Genesis 30:29-33
Jacob lived long before God gave the Ten Commandments at Sinai, yet he understood theft. Stealing is taking or appropriating another's property or ideas without permission, dishonestly or unlawfully, usually in a secret manner. The apostle Paul reiterates the eighth commandment in the New Testament (Romans 13:9), showing that it is clearly a sin to steal.
Martin G. Collins
The Eighth Commandment
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