Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.
Cross References
Genesis 12:3I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred of the earth be blessed:
Genesis 26:24Where the Lord appeared to him that same might, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father; do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Genesis 33:15Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favor, my lord, in thy sight.
Genesis 39:2And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master's house,
Genesis 39:21His master hearing these things, and giving too much credit to his wife's words, was very angry.
Exodus 3:21And I will give favour to this people, in the sight of the Egyptians: and when you go forth, you shall not depart empty:
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 →