Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go, for thou know my service with which I have served thee.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

25And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

27And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, [tarry, for] I have learned by experience that LORD has blessed me for thy sake.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

Genesis 30:29And he said to him, Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

Genesis 31:26And Laban said to Jacob, What have thou done, that thou have slipped away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

Genesis 31:38These twenty years I have been with thee, thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and I have not eaten the rams of thy flocks.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:26-37

Jacob's Bargain with Laban. ( b. c. 1745.) 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 26 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. 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy… Read the whole commentary →

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