He said to him, *You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
Genesis 30:30 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. The LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For you had little before I came, and it has increased and multiplied abundantly; and the Lord has favored you with blessings wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own house also? American Standard Version (1901) For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? Common English Bible While in my care, what little you had has multiplied a great deal. The LORD blessed you wherever I took your livestock. Now, when will I be able to work for my own household too?” Catholic Public Domain Version You had little before I came to you, and now you have achieved riches. And the Lord has blessed you since my arrival. It is just, therefore, that at sometime I also should provide for my own house." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable therefore that I should now provide also for my own house. |
He said to him, *You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
He said, *What shall I give you?* Ya`akov said, *You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.