Genesis 30:29

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

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28And he said, Appoint for me thy wages, and I will give it.

30For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and LORD has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?

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Cross References

Genesis 30:5And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

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.

Ephesians 6:5Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.

Titus 2:9Bondmen are to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not speaking contrary,

1 Peter 2:18Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.

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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