29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you(A) and how your livestock has fared under my care.(B) 30 The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been.(C) But now, when may I do something for my own household?(D)

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:

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29 So Jacob said to him, (A)“You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me. 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 (B)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:

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:30 Lit. at my foot