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Genesis 30:26

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30:26Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you.53 Then I’ll depart,54 because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”55

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  1. 53 Heb “give my wives and my children, for whom I have served you.” In one sense Laban had already “given” Jacob his two daughters as wives (Gen 29:21, 28). Here Jacob was asking for permission to take his own family along with him on the journey back to Canaan.
  2. 54 Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.
  3. 55 Heb “for you, you know my service [with] which I have served you.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Give me my wives and my children that I have worked for, and let me go. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Give me my wives and my children for which I have served you, and let me go. For you yourself know my service that I have rendered to you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.