Genesis 30:30 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁰ “For the little you had before I came has increased greatly, and יהוה  has blessed you since my coming. But now, when am I to provide for my own house too?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ 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

³⁰ 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)

³⁰ 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

³⁰ 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

³⁰ 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."

Genesis 30:30 Cross References

Genesis 30:29

So he said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.

Genesis 30:31

And he said, “What do I give you?” And Yaʽ

Genesis 30:43

Thus the man increased very much, and had many flocks, and female and male servants, 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

See, I am ready to come to you for the third time. And I shall not be a burden to you, for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children should not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

“For the land which you are going in to possess is not like the land of Mitsrayim from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden,

1 Timothy 5:8

And if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the belief and is worse than an unbeliever.