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30 The little you had before I came has grown enormously, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I went.[a] Now it is time for me to look out for my own interests.”

31 “What shall I pay you?” Laban asked.

Jacob answered, “I don't want any wages. I will continue to take care of your flocks if you agree to this suggestion: 32 Let me go through all your flocks today and take every black lamb[b] and every spotted or speckled young goat. That is all the wages I want.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:30 wherever I went; or because of me.
  2. Genesis 30:32 One ancient translation every black lamb; Hebrew every spotted and speckled lamb, and every black lamb.

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