New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 30:27-43

27But LabanH3837 saidH559 to him, “IfH518 nowH4994 1it pleasesH4672 H2580 you, stay with me; I have divinedH5172 2that the LordH3068 has blessedH1288 me on your accountH1558.” 28He 3continuedH559, “4NameH5344 me your wagesH7939, and I will giveH5414 it.” 29But he saidH559 to him, “5You yourselfH859 knowH3045 howH854 H834 I have servedH5647 you and howH854 H834 your cattleH4735 have 6faredH1961 with me. 30For you hadH1961 littleH4592 beforeH6440 7I came and it has 8increasedH6555 to a multitudeH7230, and the LordH3068 has blessedH1288 you 9wherever I turnedH7272. But nowH6258, whenH4970 shall I provideH6213 for my own householdH1004 alsoH1571?” 31So he saidH559, “WhatH4100 shall I giveH5414 you?” And JacobH3290 saidH559, “You shall not giveH5414 me anythingH3972. IfH518 you will doH6213 thisH2088 one thingH1697 for me, I will againH7725 pastureH7462 and keepH8104 your flockH6629: 32let me passH5674 through your entireH3605 flockH6629 todayH3117, removingH5493 from thereH8033 everyH3605 10speckledH5348 and spottedH2921 sheepH7716 and everyH3605 blackH2345 11oneH7716 among the lambsH3775 and the spottedH2921 and speckledH5348 among the goatsH5795; and such shall be my wagesH7939. 33So my 12honestyH6666 will answerH6030 for me laterH4279 H3117, whenH3588 you comeH935 concerningH5921 my 13wagesH7939. EveryH3605 oneH3605 that is not speckledH5348 and spottedH2921 among the goatsH5795 and blackH2345 among the lambsH3775, if found with me, will be considered stolenH1589.” 34LabanH3837 saidH559, “14GoodH2005, let it be according to your wordH1697.” 35So he removedH5493 on that dayH3117 the stripedH6124 and spottedH2921 maleH8495 goatsH8495 and allH3605 the speckledH5348 and spottedH2921 femaleH5795 goatsH5795, everyH3605 oneH3605 with whiteH3836 in it, and allH3605 the blackH2345 onesH2345 among the sheepH3775, and gaveH5414 them into the 15careH3027 of his sonsH1121. 36And he putH7760 a distance of threeH7969 days’H3117 journeyH1870 betweenH996 himself and JacobH3290, and JacobH3290 fedH7462 the restH3498 of Laban’sH3837 flocksH6629.

37Then JacobH3290 16tookH3947 freshH3892 rodsH4731 of poplarH3839 and almondH3869 and planeH6196 treesH6196, and peeledH6478 whiteH3836 stripesH6479 in them, exposingH4286 the whiteH3836 whichH834 was 17in the rodsH4731. 38He setH3322 the rodsH4731 whichH834 he had peeledH6478 in frontH5227 of the flocksH6629 in the guttersH7298, even in the wateringH4325 troughsH8268, whereH834 the flocksH6629 cameH935 to drinkH8354; and they 18matedH2552 when they cameH935 to drinkH8354. 39So the flocksH6629 19matedH2552 by the rodsH4731, and the flocksH6629 broughtH3205 forthH3205 stripedH6124, speckledH5348, and spottedH2921. 40JacobH3290 separatedH6504 the lambsH3775, and 20madeH5414 the flocksH6629 faceH6440 towardH413 the stripedH6124 and allH3605 the blackH2345 in the flockH6629 of LabanH3837; and he putH7896 his own herdsH5739 apartH905, and did not putH7896 them with Laban’sH3837 flockH6629. 41Moreover, wheneverH3605 the 21strongerH7194 of the flockH6629 22were matingH3179, JacobH3290 would placeH7760 the rodsH4731 in the sightH5869 of the flockH6629 in the guttersH7298, so that they might 23mateH3179 by the rodsH4731; 42but when the flockH6629 was feebleH5848, he did not putH7760 them in; so the feeblerH5848 were Laban’sH3837 and the 24strongerH7194 Jacob’sH3290. 43So 25the manH376 26becameH6555 exceedinglyH3966 prosperousH6555, and hadH1961 largeH7227 flocksH6629 and femaleH8198 and maleH5650 servantsH5650 H8198 and camelsH1581 and donkeysH2543.

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1. Genesis 30:27 Lit I have found favor in your eyes ↩
2. Genesis 30:27 Gen 26:24; 39:3, 5; Is 61:9 ↩
3. Genesis 30:28 Lit said ↩
4. Genesis 30:28 Gen 29:15; 31:7, 41 ↩
5. Genesis 30:29 Gen 31:6 ↩
6. Genesis 30:29 Lit been ↩
7. Genesis 30:30 Lit me ↩
8. Genesis 30:30 Lit broken forth ↩
9. Genesis 30:30 Lit at my foot ↩
10. Genesis 30:32 Gen 31:8 ↩
11. Genesis 30:32 Lit sheep ↩
12. Genesis 30:33 Lit righteousness ↩
13. Genesis 30:33 Lit wages which are before you ↩
14. Genesis 30:34 Lit Behold, would that it might be ↩
15. Genesis 30:35 Lit hand ↩
16. Genesis 30:37 Lit took to himself ↩
17. Genesis 30:37 Lit on ↩
18. Genesis 30:38 Or conceived ↩
19. Genesis 30:39 Or conceived ↩
20. Genesis 30:40 Lit set the faces ↩
21. Genesis 30:41 Lit bound ones; i.e. firm and compact ↩
22. Genesis 30:41 Or conceived ↩
23. Genesis 30:41 Or conceive ↩
24. Genesis 30:42 Lit bound ones; i.e. firm and compact ↩
25. Genesis 30:43 Gen 12:16; 13:2; 24:35; 26:13, 14; 30:30 ↩
26. Genesis 30:43 Lit broke forth ↩

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