"ThesetwentyyearsI have been in your house;I servedyou fourteenyearsfor your twodaughtersand sixyearsfor your flock,and you changedmy wagestentimes.
"Staywith him a fewdays,untilyour brother'sfurysubsides,
Then Labansaidto Jacob,"Becauseyou are my relative,should you therefore serveme for nothing?Tellme, whatshall your wagesbe?"
He continued,"Nameme your wages,and I will giveit."
"ThesetwentyyearsI [have been] with you; your ewesand your femalegoatshave not miscarried,norhave I eatenthe ramsof your flocks.
"[Thus] I was: by daythe heatconsumedme and the frostby night,and my sleepfledfrom my eyes.
"You knowthat I have servedyour fatherwith allmy strength.
"Yet your fatherhas cheatedme and changedmy wagestentimes;however, Goddid not allowhim to hurtme.
He also commandedthem saying,"Thusyou shall sayto my lordEsau:'Thussaysyour servantJacob,"I have sojournedwith Laban,and stayeduntilnow;
But by the graceof GodI amwhatI am,and His gracetowardme did not provevain;but I laboredeven morethan allof them, yetnot I, but the graceof Godwith me.
[I have been] on frequentjourneys,in dangersfrom rivers,dangersfrom robbers,dangersfrom [my] countrymen,dangersfrom the Gentiles,dangersin the city,dangersin the wilderness,dangerson the sea,dangersamongfalse brethren;
