Verse 31
Genesis 30:31
World English Bible
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He said, “What shall I give you?”
Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר מָ֣ה אֶתֶּן לָ֑/ךְ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ לֹא תִתֶּן לִ֣/י מְא֔וּמָה אִם תַּֽעֲשֶׂה לִּ/י֙ הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֔ה אָשׁ֛וּבָה אֶרְעֶ֥ה צֹֽאנְ/ךָ֖ אֶשְׁמֹֽר
English Translation
And he said, "What will I give you?" And Jacob said, "You will not give me anything; if you do this thing for me, I will return and pasture your sheep and keep them."
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Chapter 30 Context
1
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give...
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Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God (Elohim)’s place, who has withheld fr...
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She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtai...
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She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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Rachel said, “God (Elohim) has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Ther...
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7
Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
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8
Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named...
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9
When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as...
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10
Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.
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11
Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
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12
Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.
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13
Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
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14
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his...
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15
She said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my s...
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16
Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in...
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17
God (Elohim) listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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18
Leah said, “God (Elohim) has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named h...
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19
Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
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20
Leah said, “God (Elohim) has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because...
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21
Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
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22
God (Elohim) remembered Rachel, and God (Elohim) listened to her, and opened her womb.
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23
She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God (Elohim) has taken away my reproach.”
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24
She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”
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25
When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and...
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26
Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service...
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27
Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahwe...
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28
He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
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29
He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
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30
For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has bless...
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31
He said, “What shall I give you?”
Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this t...
32
I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and ev...
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33
So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before yo...
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34
Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”
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35
That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that we...
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36
He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
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37
Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and ma...
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38
He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where...
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39
The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
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40
Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in...
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41
Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock...
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42
but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger...
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43
The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels a...
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