📖 Genesis 30:25-43
Genesis 30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. (KJV)
Genesis 30:26 Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. (KJV)
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, [tarry: for] I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. (KJV)
Genesis 30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [it]. (KJV)
Genesis 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. (KJV)
Genesis 30:30 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? (KJV)
Genesis 30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock: (KJV)
Genesis 30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire. (KJV)
Genesis 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. (KJV)
Genesis 30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. (KJV)
Genesis 30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, [and] every one that had [some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons. (KJV)
Genesis 30:36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. (KJV)
Genesis 30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods. (KJV)
Genesis 30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. (KJV)
Genesis 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. (KJV)
Genesis 30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle. (KJV)
Genesis 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. (KJV)
Genesis 30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. (KJV)
Genesis 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. (KJV)
Genesis 30:25 milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when RachelH7354 had bornH3205 JosephH3130, that JacobH3290 saidH559 unto LabanH3837, Send me awayH7971, that I may goH3212 unto mine own placeH4725, and to my countryH776. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:26 GiveH5414 me my wivesH802 and my childrenH3206, forH2004 whom I have servedH5647 thee, and let me goH3212: for thou knowestH3045 my serviceH5656 which I have doneH5647 thee. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:27 And LabanH3837 saidH559 unto him, I pray thee, if I have foundH4672 favourH2580 in thine eyesH5869, tarry: for I have learned by experienceH5172 that the LordH3068 hath blessedH1288 me for thy sakeH1558. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:28 And he saidH559, AppointH5344 me thy wagesH7939, and I will giveH5414 it. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:29 And he saidH559 unto him, Thou knowestH3045 howH834 I have servedH5647 thee, and howH834 thy cattleH4735 was with me. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:30 For it was littleH4592 which thou hadst before IH6440 came, and it is now increasedH6555 unto a multitudeH7230; and the LordH3068 hath blessedH1288 thee since my comingH7272: and now whenH4970 shall I provideH6213 for mine own houseH1004 also? (KJV+)
Genesis 30:31 And he saidH559, What shall I give theeH5414? And JacobH3290 saidH559, Thou shalt not giveH5414 me any thingH3972: if thou wilt doH6213 this thingH1697 for me, I will againH7725 feedH7462 and keepH8104 thy flockH6629: (KJV+)
Genesis 30:32 I will passH5674 through all thy flockH6629 to dayH3117, removingH5493 from thence all the speckledH5348 and spottedH2921 cattleH7716, and all the brownH2345 cattleH7716 among the sheepH3775, and the spottedH2921 and speckledH5348 among the goatsH5795: and of such shall be my hireH7939. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:33 So shall my righteousnessH6666 answerH6030 for me in timeH3117 to comeH4279, when it shall comeH935 for my hireH7939 before thy faceH6440: every oneH3605 that is not speckledH5348 and spottedH2921 among the goatsH5795, and brownH2345 among the sheepH3775, that shall be counted stolenH1589 with me. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:34 And LabanH3837 saidH559, Behold, I would it might beH3863 according to thy wordH1697. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:35 And he removedH5493 that dayH3117 the he goatsH8495 that were ringstrakedH6124 and spottedH2921, and all the she goatsH5795 that were speckledH5348 and spottedH2921, and every one that had some whiteH3836 in it, and all the brownH2345 among the sheepH3775, and gaveH5414 them into the handH3027 of his sonsH1121. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:36 And he setH7760 threeH7969 days’H3117 journeyH1870 betwixt himself and JacobH3290: and JacobH3290 fedH7462 the restH3498 of Laban’sH3837 flocksH6629. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:37 milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And JacobH3290 tookH3947 him rodsH4731 of greenH3892 poplarH3839, and of the hazelH3869 and chesnut treeH6196; and pilledH6478 whiteH3836 strakesH6479 in them, and made the whiteH3836 appearH4286 which was in the rodsH4731. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:38 And he setH3322 the rodsH4731 which he had pilledH6478 beforeH5227 the flocksH6629 in the guttersH7298 in the wateringH4325 troughsH8268 when the flocksH6629 cameH935 to drinkH8354, that they should conceiveH3179 when they cameH935 to drinkH8354. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:39 And the flocksH6629 conceivedH3179 before the rodsH4731, and brought forthH3205 cattleH6629 ringstrakedH6124, speckledH5348, and spottedH2921. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:40 And JacobH3290 did separateH6504 the lambsH3775, and setH5414 the facesH6440 of the flocksH6629 towardH413 the ringstrakedH6124, and all the brownH2345 in the flockH6629 of LabanH3837; and he putH7896 his own flocksH5739 by themselves, and putH7896 them not unto Laban’sH3837 cattleH6629. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the strongerH7194 cattleH6629 did conceiveH3179, that JacobH3290 laidH7760 the rodsH4731 before the eyesH5869 of the cattleH6629 in the guttersH7298, that they might conceiveH3179 among the rodsH4731. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:42 But when the cattleH6629 were feebleH5848, he put them not inH7760: so the feeblerH5848 were Laban’sH3837, and the strongerH7194 Jacob’sH3290. (KJV+)
Genesis 30:43 And the manH376 increasedH6555 exceedinglyH3966H3966, and had muchH7227 cattleH6629, and maidservantsH8198, and menservantsH5650, and camelsH1581, and assesH2543. chapter chapterTitle="CHAPTER 30." eID="gen59" osisID="Gen.30"/> (KJV+)
KJV+ Strong's tagging: CrossWire KJV2003 · lexicon: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0)
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