Verse 15

Does he not regard us as foreigners? For he has sold us and has even spent what was paid for us.

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  • Gen 30:26 : 26 ‘Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, so that I may go. You know how hard I have worked for you.’
  • Gen 29:15-20 : 15 Laban said to Jacob, 'Because you are my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?' 16 Now Laban had two daughters: The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah had tender eyes, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. 18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, 'I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.' 19 Laban replied, 'It is better for me to give her to you than to another man. Stay here with me.' 20 So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
  • Gen 29:27-30 : 27 'Complete this week’s celebration with Leah, and we will give you Rachel also, in return for another seven years of work.' 28 Jacob did so and completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 29 Laban also gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant. 30 Jacob was also with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
  • Gen 31:41 : 41 It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times.
  • Exod 21:7-9 : 7 If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. 8 If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9 If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he takes another wife, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or marital rights. 11 If he does not provide these three things for her, she is to go free, without any payment.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 I said to them, 'We have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations, as much as we were able. Now, you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!' They stayed silent, unable to say a word.