Genesis 30:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For you had little before I came, and it has increased and multiplied abundantly; and the Lord has favored you with blessings wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own house also?

American Standard Version (1901)

For 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?

Common English Bible

While in my care, what little you had has multiplied a great deal. The LORD blessed you wherever I took your livestock. Now, when will I be able to work for my own household too?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

You had little before I came to you, and now you have achieved riches. And the Lord has blessed you since my arrival. It is just, therefore, that at sometime I also should provide for my own house."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable therefore that I should now provide also for my own house.

Genesis 30:30 Cross References

Genesis 30:29

Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have fared with me.

Genesis 30:31

He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything; if you will do this for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it:

Genesis 30:43

Thus the man grew exceedingly rich and had large flocks and male and female slaves and camels and donkeys.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

2 Corinthians 12:14

Here I am, ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a burden because I do not want what is yours but you, for children ought not to save up for their parents but parents for their children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land that you are about to enter to occupy is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sow your seed and irrigate by foot like a vegetable garden.

1 Timothy 5:8

And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.