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Genesis 30:43

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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The king was good to Abram because of Sarai, and Abram was given sheep, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

Abram was very rich. He owned many cattle, sheep, and goats, and had a lot of silver and gold.

The LORD has been good to my master and has made him very rich. He has given him many sheep, goats, cattle, camels, and donkeys, as well as a lot of silver and gold, and many slaves.

Wherever you go, I will watch over you, then later I will bring you back to this land. I won't leave you—I will do all I have promised.

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 after my own family.

But he would not put out the branches when the weaker animals were mating. So Jacob got all the healthy animals, and Laban got what was left.

Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, “Jacob is now a rich man, and he got everything he owns from our father.”

If the fearsome God worshipped by Abraham and my father Isaac had not been on my side, you would have sent me away without a thing. But God saw my hard work, and he knew the trouble I was in, so he helped me. Then last night he told you how wrong you were.

I don't deserve all the good things you have done for me, your servant. When I first crossed the Jordan, I had only my walking stick, but now I have two large groups of people and animals.

two hundred female goats and twenty males, two hundred female sheep and twenty males, thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten males.

and now I own cattle, donkeys, and sheep, as well as many slaves. Master, I am sending these messengers in the hope that you will be kind to me.”

Please accept these gifts I brought to you. God has been good to me, and I have everything I need.” Jacob kept insisting until Esau accepted the gifts.

He did this because the land was too crowded and could not support him and his brother with their flocks and herds.

I owned slaves, and their sons and daughters became my slaves. I had more sheep and goats than anyone who had ever lived in Jerusalem.

They will burn these weapons instead of gathering sticks or chopping down trees. That's how the Israelites will take revenge on those who robbed and abused them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

But suppose one of the servants thinks that the master won't return until late. Suppose that servant starts beating all the other servants and eats and drinks and gets drunk.




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