Genesis 30:26

New Living Translation

Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he told her father, “I’ll work for you for seven years if you’ll give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife.”

Genesis 29:30

So Jacob slept with Rachel, too, and he loved her much more than Leah. He then stayed and worked for Laban the additional seven years.

Genesis 31:26

“What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded. “How dare you drag my daughters away like prisoners of war?

Genesis 31:31

“I rushed away because I was afraid,” Jacob answered. “I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

Genesis 31:6

You know how hard I have worked for your father,

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.