Verse 27
Genesis 30:27
New Living Translation
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“Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for the LORD has blessed me because of you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ לָבָ֔ן אִם נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּ/עֵינֶ֑י/ךָ נִחַ֕שְׁתִּי וַ/יְבָרֲכֵ֥/נִי יְהוָ֖ה בִּ/גְלָלֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And Laban said to me, "If I have found favor in your eyes, I have diligently observed that the Lord has blessed me because of you."
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Chapter 30 Context
1
When Rachel saw that she wasn’t having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She...
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Then Jacob became furious with Rachel. “Am I God (Elohim)?” he asked. “He’s the one who has kept you...
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Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me, and...
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So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
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Bilhah became pregnant and presented him with a son.
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Rachel named him Dan, for she said, “God (Elohim) has vindicated me! He has heard my request and giv...
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Then Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.
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Rachel named him Naphtali, for she said, “I have struggled hard with my sister, and I’m winning!”
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Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn’t getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah,...
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10
Soon Zilpah presented him with a son.
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11
Leah named him Gad, for she said, “How fortunate I am!”
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12
Then Zilpah gave Jacob a second son.
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13
And Leah named him Asher, for she said, “What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with m...
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14
One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to...
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15
But Leah angrily replied, “Wasn’t it enough that you stole my husband? Now will you steal my son’s m...
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So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. “You must come...
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17
And God (Elohim) answered Leah’s prayers. She became pregnant again and gave birth to a fifth son fo...
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She named him Issachar, for she said, “God (Elohim) has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husb...
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19
Then Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.
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She named him Zebulun, for she said, “God (Elohim) has given me a good reward. Now my husband will t...
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21
Later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
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Then God (Elohim) remembered Rachel’s plight and answered her prayers by enabling her to have childr...
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23
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. “God (Elohim) has removed my disgrace,” she said.
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24
And she named him Joseph, for she said, “May the LORD add yet another son to my family.”
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25
Soon after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Please release me so I can go hom...
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26
Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. Y...
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27
“Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for the LORD has blessed me because of...
28
Tell me how much I owe you. Whatever it is, I’ll pay it.”
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29
Jacob replied, “You know how hard I’ve worked for you, and how your flocks and herds have grown unde...
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30
You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The LORD has blessed...
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31
“What wages do you want?” Laban asked again. Jacob replied, “Don’t give me anything. Just do this on...
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32
Let me inspect your flocks today and remove all the sheep and goats that are speckled or spotted, al...
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33
In the future, when you check on the animals you have given me as my wages, you’ll see that I have b...
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34
“All right,” Laban replied. “It will be as you say.”
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35
But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the...
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who took them a three-days’ journey from where Jacob was. Meanwhile, Jacob stayed and cared for the...
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37
Then Jacob took some fresh branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled off strips of ba...
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Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for tha...
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And when they mated in front of the white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were stre...
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40
Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban...
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41
Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the water...
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42
But he didn’t do this with the weaker ones, so the weaker lambs belonged to Laban, and the stronger...
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43
As a result, Jacob became very wealthy, with large flocks of sheep and goats, female and male servan...
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