Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and children because I worked for you to have them. Let me go now because you know very well how much work I've done for you.”
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Genesis 29:20Jacob worked for Laban for seven years, but to him they seemed like just a few days because he really loved her.
Genesis 30:29“You certainly know how much work I've done for you, and how well your flocks have done under my care.
Genesis 31:26“Why did you deceive me like this?” Laban asked Jacob. “You carried off my daughters as if they were some prisoners captured by the sword!
Genesis 31:38I've worked for you for these past twenty years. During that time none of your sheep and goats miscarried, and I haven't eaten a single ram from your flock.
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 →