Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go, for you know the service I have given you.”

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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.

In Context

25After Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, so that I may go to my own home and to my country.

27Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, wait, because I have learned by using divination that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”

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Cross References

Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him only a few days, for the love he had for her.

Genesis 30:29Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

Genesis 31:26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you deceived me and carried away my daughters like prisoners of war?

Genesis 31:38For twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten any rams from your flocks.

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 →

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