Genesis 30:27

Genesis 30:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.”

Context of Genesis 30:27

25Now it came about, when Rachel had given birth to Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, so that I may go to my own place and to my own country. 26Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you yourself know my service which I have rendered you.” But Laban said to him, “If it pleases you at all, stay with me; I have determined by divination that the Lord has blessed me on your account.” 28He continued, “Name me your wages, and I will give them.” 29But Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have fared with me.

Genesis 30:27 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ לָבָ֔ן אִם־נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ נִחַ֕שְׁתִּי וַיְבָרֲכֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• But Labanלָבָןlâbân · LabanH3837
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to him, “Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• it pleasesמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• it pleasesחֵןchên · favorH2580
• you atנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• I have determinedנָחַשׁnâchash · to divineH5172
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• me on your accountגָּלָלgâlâl · because ofH1558

Cross-references for Genesis 30:27

• Genesis 18:3and said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass Your servant by.
• Genesis 33:15Then Esau said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
• Genesis 34:11Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your sight, and I will give whatever you tell me.
• Genesis 39:3Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did prosper in his hand.
• Genesis 47:25So they said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
• Exodus 3:21I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
• Numbers 11:11So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have put the burden of all this people on me?
• Ruth 2:13Then she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not like one of your female servants.”
• 1 Samuel 16:22So Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David now be my attendant for he has found favor in my sight.”
• 1 Kings 11:19Now Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
• Nehemiah 1:11Please, Lord, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and please make Your servant successful today and grant him mercy before this man.” Now I was the cupbearer to the king.
• Nehemiah 2:5Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, I request that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”
• Daniel 1:9Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials.
• Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and his entire household.
• Genesis 30:30For you had little before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?”
• Genesis 12:3And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Commentaries on Genesis 30:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27I have learned by experience - נחשתי nichashti, from נחש nachash, to view attentively, to observe, to pry into. I have diligently considered the whole of thy conduct, and marked the increase of my property, and find that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. For the meaning of the word נחש nachash, See note on Genesis 3:1, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-43Verses 1-43 - Jacob‘s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād “in victory or” =גד בא bā' gād “victory cometh.” גוּד gûd “press down.” גדוּד gedûd “troop.” 13. אשׁר 'ǎashēr Asher, “prosperity, happiness.” 18. ישׂשכר yı̂śāskār Jissakar, “reward.” The second Hebrew letter (ש s ) seems to have been merely a full mode of writing the word, instead of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-43Verses 25-43 The fourteen years being gone, Jacob was willing to depart without any provision, except God's promise. But he had in many ways a just claim on Laban's substance, and it was the will of God that he should be provided for from it. He referred his cause to God, rather than agree for stated wages with Laban, whose selfishness was very great. And it would appear that he acted honestly, when none but those of the colours fixed upon should be found…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27blessed me: God made Laban successful because Jacob was with him (see 22:18). Laban may have looked for signs (omens) to understand what was happening, or he may simply have noticed the results. Dark-colored sheep were uncommon (30:32). So, people considered having many of this color as a sign of God's blessing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Laban said ... I have learned--His selfish uncle was averse to a separation, not from warmth of affection either for Jacob or his daughters, but from the damage his own interests would sustain. He had found, from long observation, that the blessing of heaven rested on Jacob, and that his stock had wonderfully increased under Jacob's management. This was a remarkable testimony that good men are blessings to the places where they reside. Men of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 30:27

• Contracts
• Laban
• Rachel
• Servant

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Commentaries on Genesis 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings