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Genesis 30:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.” "

Genesis 30:28

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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.”

29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

30 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?”

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Zechariah 11:12

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"I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver."

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2 Kings 5:26

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"He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?"

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Judges 18:4

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"He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”"

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Genesis 29:15

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"Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?”"

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Genesis 29:19

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"Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”"

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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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