Genesis 29:15

American Standard Version (1901)

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 30:28 : 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
  • Gen 31:7 : 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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  • Gen 30:25-31
    7 verses
    85%

    25And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

    26Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.

    27And 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.

    28And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

    29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

    30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

    31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

  • Gen 29:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

    14And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

  • Gen 29:16
    78%

    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 29:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

    19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

  • Gen 29:24-27
    4 verses
    77%

    24And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

    25And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

    26And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

    27Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

  • Gen 31:41-44
    4 verses
    76%

    41These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

    43And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

    44And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

  • Gen 31:36-37
    2 verses
    76%

    36And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?

    37Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

  • Gen 31:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

    31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

  • Gen 31:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

    27Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

  • Gen 30:34
    74%

    34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

  • Gen 31:14
    74%

    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 29:5
    73%

    5And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

  • Gen 31:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

    2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

  • Gen 31:12
    72%

    12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

  • Gen 31:51
    72%

    51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.