Genesis 30:30

Conservative English Version

You didn't have much before I came, but the LORD has blessed everything I have ever done for you. Now it's time for me to start looking out for my own family.

Cross References

Genesis 30:29

Jacob answered: You've seen how hard I've worked for you, and you know how your flocks and herds have grown under my care.

Genesis 30:31

"How much do you want me to pay you?" Laban asked. Then Jacob told him: I don't want you to pay me anything. Just do one thing, and I'll take care of your sheep and goats.

Genesis 30:43

Jacob soon became rich and successful. He owned many sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys, as well as a lot of slaves.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,

2 Corinthians 12:14

I am planning to visit you for the third time. But I still won't make a burden of myself. What I really want is you, and not what you have. Children are not supposed to save up for their parents, but parents are supposed to take care of their children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

It's better land than you had in Egypt, where you had to struggle just to water your crops.

1 Timothy 5:8

People who don't take care of their relatives, and especially their own families, have given up their faith. They are worse than someone who doesn't have faith in the Lord.