Genesis 29:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Then Laban said to Jacob, Just because you are my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Laban said to Jacob, “You shouldn’t have to work for free just because you are my relative. Tell me what you would like to be paid.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ he said to him: "Though you are my brother, will you serve me for nothing? Tell me what wages you would accept."

Genesis 29:15 Cross References

Genesis 31:7

yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me.

Genesis 30:28

name your wages, and I will give it.”

Genesis 29:16

Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 31:41

These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

Judges 9:3

So his mother’s kinsfolk spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”