Genesis 29:15

Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

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In The King James Version

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

14Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

16Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:28And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

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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