◄ Genesis 29:15 ►
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Good News Translation
Laban said to Jacob, "You shouldn't work for me for nothing just because you are my relative. How much pay do you want?"

New Revised Standard Version
Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

Contemporary English Version
Laban said to him, "You shouldn't have to work without pay, just because you are a relative of mine. What do you want me to give you?"

New American Bible
Laban said to him: “Should you serve me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine? Tell me what your wages should be.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to him: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou serve me without wages? Tell me what wages thou wilt have.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He said to him: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou serve me without wages? Tell me what wages thou wilt have.

tell me.

Genesis 30:28 Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.

Genesis 31:7 Yea your father hath also overreached me, and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.

Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
14He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired, 15He said to him: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou serve me without wages? Tell me what wages thou wilt have.16Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia; and the younger was called Rachel.…
Cross References
Genesis 29:16
Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia; and the younger was called Rachel.

Genesis 30:28
Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.

Genesis 31:41
And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.

Judges 9:3
And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother:

Genesis 29:14
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