Genesis 30:34
New International Version
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

New Living Translation
“All right,” Laban replied. “It will be as you say.”

English Standard Version
Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.”

Berean Standard Bible
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

King James Bible
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

New King James Version
And Laban said, “Oh, that it were according to your word!”

New American Standard Bible
Laban said, “Good, let it be according to your word.”

NASB 1995
Laban said, “Good, let it be according to your word.”

NASB 1977
And Laban said, “Good, let it be according to your word.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”

Amplified Bible
And Laban said, “Good! Let it be done as you say.”

Christian Standard Bible
“Good,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Good,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

American Standard Version
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Laban said to him, “Yes, it shall be according to your word.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word.

Contemporary English Version
"I agree to that," was Laban's response.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.

English Revised Version
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Laban answered, "Agreed. We'll do as you've said."

Good News Translation
Laban answered, "Agreed. We will do as you suggest."

International Standard Version
"Okay," Laban replied. "We'll do it the way you've asked."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Laban said: 'Behold, would it might be according to thy word.'

Literal Standard Version
And Laban says, “Behold, O that it were according to your word”;

Majority Standard Bible
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

New American Bible
Laban said, “Very well. Let it be as you say.”

NET Bible
"Agreed!" said Laban, "It will be as you say."

New Revised Standard Version
Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.”

New Heart English Bible
Laban said, "Look, let it be as you have said."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

World English Bible
Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Laban saith, 'Lo, O that it were according to thy word;'

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Context
Jacob Prospers
33So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.” 34“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.” 35That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.…

Cross References
Genesis 30:33
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen."

Genesis 30:35
That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat--every one that had any white on it--and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.


Treasury of Scripture

And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to your word.

Numbers 22:29
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

1 Corinthians 7:7
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Corinthians 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

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Genesis 30
1. Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.
5. Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali.
9. Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher.
14. Reuben finds mandrakes,
15. with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel.
17. Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah.
22. Rachel bears Joseph.
25. Jacob desires to depart.
27. Laban detains him on a new agreement.
37. Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich.














Verse 34. - And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. Jacob s chances of obtaining speckled animals by this arrangement were so small that Laban, with his customary selfishness, had no difficulty in closing with the offered bargain. As originally proposed by Jacob it seems to have been an honest desire on his part to commit the question of wages to the decision rather of God's providence than of his kiss-man's greed. That at this time Jacob's mind "had already formed the whole fraudulent procedure by which he acquired his wealth" (Kalisch) does not accord with the statement subsequently made.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Agreed,”
הֵ֑ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

said
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Laban.
לָבָ֖ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

“Let it be
יְהִ֥י (yə·hî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

as you have said.”
כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃ (ḵiḏ·ḇā·re·ḵā)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


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