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Genesis 30:29
Genesis 30:29 is verse 29 of Genesis chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
World English Bible
Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
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Genesis 30:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible
27 But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
28 And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29 Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
30 Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
31 “What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 30:5and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
Genesis 31:6You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
Genesis 31:38I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
Genesis 31:39I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
Genesis 31:40As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
Matthew 24:45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
Ephesians 6:5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
Ephesians 6:6And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
Ephesians 6:7Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,
Ephesians 6:8because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
Colossians 3:23Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 3:24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:25Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
Titus 2:9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
Titus 2:10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
1 Peter 2:15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:18Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.