Genesis 29:15

Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

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And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

In Context

14And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

16Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:28Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:10-15

Rachel's Humility and Industry. ( b. c. 1760.) 9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and… Read the whole commentary →

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