Genesis 30:33
And my righteousness shall answer for me on a future day, when thou shall come in respecting my hire that is before thee, Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and dark-coloured among the young sheep, stolen, shall it be accounted, if found with me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
34Then said Laban, Lo! would it might be according to thy word!
Cross References
Exodus 13:14And it shall be when thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What is this? Then shalt thou say unto him: With strength of hand, did Yahweh bring us forth out of Egypt out of the house of slaves.
2 Samuel 22:21Yahweh rewarded me, according to my righteousness—according to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me:
Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions have multiplied before thee, And, our sins, have witnessed against us,—For, our transgressions, are with us, And as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them:
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 →