Genesis 30:25-34

Jacob Names His Wages

25 Now it happened when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “^aSend me away, that I may go to my own place and to my own land. 26 Give me my wives and my children ^afor whom I have served you, and let me go; for you yourself know my service which I have ¹rendered you.” 27 But Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, stay with me; I have interpreted an omen ^athat Yahweh has blessed me on your account.” 28 And he continued to say, “^aName me your wages, and I will give it.” 29 But he said to him, “^aYou yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have ¹fared with me. 30 For you had little before ¹I came, but it has ^aspread out to a multitude, and Yahweh has blessed you ²at every step of mine. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?” 31 So he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flock: 32 let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every ^aspeckled and spotted sheep and every black ¹one among the lambs and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages. 33 So my righteousness will answer for me later, when you come concerning my ¹wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen.” 34 And Laban said, “Behold, ¹let it be according to your word.”

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