Genesis 30:30

New English Translation

Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”

Cross References

Genesis 30:29

“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied, “and how well your livestock have fared under my care.

Genesis 30:31

So Laban asked, “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied, “but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

Genesis 30:43

In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

2 Corinthians 12:14

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land where you are headed is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, a land where you planted seed and which you irrigated by hand like a vegetable garden.

1 Timothy 5:8

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