Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”
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28He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
Cross References
Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 26:24The LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
Genesis 33:15Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
Genesis 39:2The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:21But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Exodus 3:21I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
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 →