Genesis 30:30

Bible in Basic English 1965

For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

Cross References

Genesis 30:29

Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

Genesis 30:31

And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

Genesis 30:43

So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

2 Corinthians 12:14

This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land where you are going is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you put in your seeds, watering them with your foot, like a planted garden:

1 Timothy 5:8

If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.