Genesis 30:30

New International Reader's Version

You had only a little before I came. But that little has become a lot. The Lord has blessed you everywhere I’ve been. But when can I do something for my own family?”

Cross References

Genesis 30:29

Jacob said to him, “You know how hard I’ve worked for you. You know that your livestock has done better under my care.

Genesis 30:31

“What should I give you?” Laban asked. “Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “Just do one thing for me. Then I’ll go on taking care of your flocks and watching over them.

Genesis 30:43

That’s how Jacob became very rich. He became the owner of large flocks. He also had many male and female servants. And he had many camels and donkeys.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time to search. And there’s a time to stop searching. There is a time to keep. And there’s a time to throw away.

2 Corinthians 12:14

Now I am ready to visit you for the third time. I won’t cause you any expense. I don’t want what you have. What I really want is you. After all, children shouldn’t have to save up for their parents. Parents should save up for their children.

Deuteronomy 11:10

You will enter it and take it over. It isn’t like the land of Egypt. That’s where you came from. You planted your seeds there. You had to water them, just as you have to water a vegetable garden.

1 Timothy 5:8

Everyone should provide for their own relatives. Most of all, everyone should take care of their own family. If they don’t, they have left the faith. They are worse than someone who doesn’t believe.