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Genesis 30:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.” "
Genesis 30:26
Verse in Context
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24 She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”
25 When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
27 Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”
28 He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
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Genesis 30:1
"When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”"
Genesis 30:2
"Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”"
Genesis 30:3
"She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”"
Genesis 30:4
"She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her."
Genesis 30:5
"Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son."
Genesis 30:6
"Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan."
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