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27But Laban said to him, If now it pleases you,
stay with me; I have divined that the L has blessed me on your account.
28He continued, Name me your wages, and I will give it.
29But he said to him, You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have fared with me.
30For you had little before I came and it has increased to a multitude, and the L has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?
31So he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. If you will do this
one thing for me, I will again pasture
and keep your flock:
32let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted sheep and every black one among the lambs and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and
such shall be my wages.
33So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs,
if found with me, will be considered stolen.
34Laban said, Good, let it be according to your word.
35So he removed on that day the striped and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats, every one with white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons.
36And he put
a distance of three days journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Labans flocks.
37Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white whichwas in the rods.38He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the gutters,even in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink.39So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.40Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Labans flock.41Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the gutters, so that they might mate by the rods;42but when the flock was feeble, he did not putthem in; so the feebler were Labans and the stronger Jacobs.43So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys.
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Parallel Verses
American Standard VersionAnd Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry : for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.
Douay-Rheims BibleLaban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.
Darby Bible TranslationAnd Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.
English Revised VersionAnd Laban said unto him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience, that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
World English BibleLaban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
Young's Literal Translation And Laban saith unto him, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'
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Meditations for Household Piety.
1. If thou be called to the government of a family, thou must not hold it sufficient to serve God and live uprightly in thy own person, unless thou cause all under thy charge to do the same with thee. For the performance of this duty God was so well pleased with Abraham, that he would not hide from him his counsel: "For," saith God, "I know him that he will command his sons and his household after him that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon…
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of PietyGenesis
The Old Testament opens very impressively. In measured and dignified language it introduces the story of Israel's origin and settlement upon the land of Canaan (Gen.--Josh.) by the story of creation, i.-ii. 4a, and thus suggests, at the very beginning, the far-reaching purpose and the world-wide significance of the people and religion of Israel. The narrative has not travelled far till it becomes apparent that its dominant interests are to be religious and moral; for, after a pictorial sketch of…
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament
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