Genesis 30:29

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

World Messianic Bible

In The King James Version

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

In Context

28He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”

30For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. The LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”

Read all of Genesis 30

Cross References

Genesis 30:5Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

Genesis 31:38“These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.

Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Messiah,

Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,

1 Peter 2:18Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 30:29