Genesis 30:30

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The Lord has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family? ’

Cross References

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone does not provide  for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith  and is worse than an unbeliever.

2 Corinthians 12:14

Look, I am ready to come to you this third time.  I will not burden you, since I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children ought not to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated by hand  as in a vegetable garden.

Genesis 30:29

So Jacob said to him, ‘You know how I have served you and how your herds have fared with me.

Genesis 30:31

Laban asked, ‘What should I give you? ’ And Jacob said, ‘You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.

Genesis 30:43

And the man became very rich.  He had many flocks, female and male slaves, and camels and donkeys.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;