Genesis 30:31

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So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

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  • 2 Sam 21:4-6 : 4 The Gibeonites said to him,“We have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked,“What then are you asking me to do for you?” 5 They replied to the king,“As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel– 6 let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, who was the LORD’s chosen one.” The king replied,“I will turn them over.”
  • Ps 118:8 : 8 It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”

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  • Gen 30:26-30
    5 verses
    83%

    26Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”

    27But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”

    28He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”

    29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,“and how well your livestock have fared under my care.

    30Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”

  • Gen 30:32-35
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    82%

    32Let me walk among all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and the spotted or speckled goats. These animals will be my wages.

    33My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.”

    34“Agreed!” said Laban,“It will be as you say.”

    35So that day Laban removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted(all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care of his sons.

  • Gen 29:15
    80%

    15Then Laban said to Jacob,“Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”

  • Gen 31:7-12
    6 verses
    78%

    7but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

    8If he said,‘The speckled animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said,‘The streaked animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

    9In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

    10“Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

    11In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.

    12Then he said,‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.

  • Gen 31:42-43
    2 verses
    75%

    42If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”

    43Laban replied to Jacob,“These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today or the children to whom they have given birth?

  • Gen 33:10-11
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    10“No, please take them,” Jacob said.“If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.

    11Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.

  • Gen 28:20
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    20Then Jacob made a vow, saying,“If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

  • Gen 32:9
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    9Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’

  • Gen 31:37-38
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    37When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us!

    38“I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

  • Gen 33:8
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    8Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

  • Gen 25:31
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    31But Jacob replied,“First sell me your birthright.”

  • Gen 32:27
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    27The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.”

  • Gen 30:42
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    42But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.

  • Gen 38:17
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    17He replied,“I’ll send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked,“Will you give me a pledge until you send it?”

  • Gen 32:20
    73%

    20You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

  • Gen 14:23
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    23that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

  • Gen 31:3
    73%

    3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

  • Gen 29:19
    73%

    19Laban replied,“I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”

  • Gen 32:29
    73%

    29Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.

  • Gen 33:15
    73%

    15So Esau said,“Let me leave some of my men with you.”“Why do that?” Jacob replied.“My lord has already been kind enough to me.”

  • Gen 34:12
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    12You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

  • Gen 31:16
    73%

    16Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”

  • Gen 33:13
    72%

    13But Jacob said to him,“My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

  • Gen 31:29
    72%

    29I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’

  • Gen 31:52
    72%

    52“This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.