Genesis 30:31
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And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
In other translations
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559מָהmahwhat?H4100אֶתֶּן־'eten-will I giveH5414לָךְlakhto <the> youוַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290לֹא־lo'-notH3808תִתֶּן־titen-you will giveH5414לִיlito <the> meמְאוּמָהme'umahanythingH3972אִם־'im-ifH518תַּעֲשֶׂה־ta'aseh-you will doH6213לִּיlifor <the> meהַדָּבָרhadavarthe thingH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088אָשׁוּבָה'ashuvahI will returnH7725אֶרְעֶה'er'ehI will tendH7462צֹאנְךָtzonekhaflock yourH6629אֶשְׁמֹר׃'eshmorI will protect [it]H8104
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Hebrews 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- Psalm 118:8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- 2 Samuel 21:4-64 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied. 5 And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel, 6 let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
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People: Jacob