Genesis 30:30

Good News Translation

The little you had before I came has grown enormously, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I went. Now it is time for me to look out for my own interests.”

Cross References

Genesis 30:29

Jacob answered, “You know how I have worked for you and how your flocks have prospered under my care.

Genesis 30:31

“What shall I pay you?” Laban asked. Jacob answered, “I don't want any wages. I will continue to take care of your flocks if you agree to this suggestion:

Genesis 30:43

In this way Jacob became very wealthy. He had many flocks, slaves, camels, and donkeys.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

He sets the time for finding and the time for losing, the time for saving and the time for throwing away,

2 Corinthians 12:14

This is now the third time that I am ready to come to visit you—and I will not make any demands on you. It is you I want, not your money. After all, children should not have to provide for their parents, but parents should provide for their children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

The land that you are about to occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where you lived before. There, when you planted grain, you had to work hard to irrigate the fields;

1 Timothy 5:8

But if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the members of their own family, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.