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Genesis 29:15

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you serve me for nothing simply because you are related to me? Tell me what will be your wages?”

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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

14Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” So he remained with him a whole 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 30:28State exactly to me 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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