Genesis 29:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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?

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ He said to him: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou serve me without wages? Tell me what wages thou wilt have.

Genesis 29:15 Cross References

Genesis 29:16

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 30:28

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Genesis 31:41

These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 31:7

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Judges 9:3

And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.