Genesis 30:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁷ But Laban said to him, “If you will allow me to say so, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And Laban said to him, If I have found favor in your sight, I pray you [do not go]; for I have learned by experience and from the omens in divination that the Lord has favored me with blessings on your account.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And 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.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Laban said to him, “Do me this favor. I’ve discovered by a divine sign that the LORD has blessed me because of you,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Laban said to him: "May I find grace in your sight. I have learned by experience that God has blessed me because of you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake:

Genesis 30:27 Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”

Genesis 18:3

and said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.

Genesis 26:24

And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.”

Genesis 30:30

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?”

Genesis 33:15

So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the men who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Genesis 34:11

Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.

Genesis 44:5

Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he divines? You have done wrong in so doing.’ ”

Genesis 47:25

And they said, “You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be slaves to Pharaoh.”

2 Samuel 6:11

And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months; and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

1 Kings 11:19

And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and give success to thy servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah 2:5

And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may rebuild it.”

Psalm 1:3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Exodus 3:21

And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty,

Isaiah 6:13

And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains standing when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.

Isaiah 61:9

Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed.

Isaiah 65:8

Thus says the Lord: “As the wine is found in the cluster, and they say, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,’ so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.

Daniel 1:9

And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs;

Numbers 11:11

Moses said to the Lord, “Why hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou dost lay the burden of all this people upon me?

Numbers 11:15

If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me at once, if I find favor in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”

Acts 7:10

and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.

Ruth 2:13

Then she said, “You are most gracious to me, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not one of your maidservants.”

1 Samuel 16:22

And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”