Genesis 30:27
And Laban said unto him, If, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, …I have divined that Yahweh hath blessed me for thy sake.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
28And he said,—Come, fix thy wages for me, that I may give it!
Cross References
Genesis 12:3That I may bless them who bless thee, But him who maketh light of thee, will I curse,—So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.
Genesis 26:24And Yahweh appeared unto him the same night, and said, I, am the God of Abraham thy father,—Do not fear for with thee, am, I, And I will bless thee and multiply thy seed, For the sake of Abraham my servant.
Genesis 33:15Then said Esau: Let me leave, I pray thee, along with thee, some of the people who are with me! And he said—Why so? let me find favour in the eyes of my lord!
Genesis 39:2And it came to pass that Yahweh, was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man,—and was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:21And it came to pass that, Yahweh, was with Joseph, and extended unto him lovingkindness,—and gave him his favour in the eyes of the chief of the prison.
Exodus 3:21Thus will I give favour to this people in the eyes of the Egyptians,—so shall it come to pass that when ye do go, ye shall not go empty;
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 →