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30 For you had little before me, and it has increased abundantly. And Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned.[a] So then, when shall I provide for my own family also?” 31 And he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “Do not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flocks and keep them. 32 Let me pass through all your flocks today, removing all the speckled and spotted sheep from them, along with[b] every dark-colored sheep among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. That[c] shall be my wages.

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  1. Genesis 30:30 Literally “to my foot”
  2. Genesis 30:32 Or “and”
  3. Genesis 30:32 Or “it”

30 The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been.(A) But now, when may I do something for my own household?(B)

31 “What shall I give you?” he asked.

“Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them: 32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat.(C) They will be my wages.(D)

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30 For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the Lord has blessed you [a]since my coming. And now, when shall I also (A)provide for my own house?”

31 So he said, “What shall I give you?”

And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks: 32 Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and (B)these shall be my wages.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:30 Lit. at my foot