Genesis 30:26 · KJV
“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.”
— Genesis 30:26
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, {tarry: for} I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis 30 — Context
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. {Joseph: that is, Adding}
25And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
26Give {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.
27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, {tarry: for} I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give {it}.
Cross References
Genesis 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}.
Genesis 31:38-41
This twenty years {have} I {been} with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
Genesis 31:31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
Genesis 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives {taken} with the sword?
Genesis 31:6
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
Genesis 29:19-20
And Laban said, {It is} better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Genesis 30:29-30
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.