Genesis 30 · Verse 26

Genesis 30:26

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, King James Version

Genesis 30:26 in other translations

BSBGive me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
WEBGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
ASVGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.
YLTgive up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou--thou hast known my service which I have served thee.'
DARBYGive me my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.
BBEGive me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.
WebsterGive 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.

What does Genesis 30:26 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:25-43

The fourteen years being gone, Jacob was willing to depart without any provision, except God's promise. But he had in many ways a just claim on Laban's substance, and it was the will of God that he should be provided for from it. He referred his cause to God, rather than agree for stated wages with Laban, whose selfishness was very great. And it would appear that he acted honestly, when none but those of the colours…

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Genesis 30:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תְּנָ֞הte.Nahgive !H5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נָשַׁ֣יna.Shaiwives myH802
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יְלָדַ֗יye.la.Daichildren myH3206
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhomH834
עָבַ֧דְתִּי'a.Vad.tiI have servedH5647
אֹֽתְךָ֛'o.te.Kha<obj.> youH853
בָּהֵ֖ןba.Henfor them
וְאֵלֵ֑כָהve.'e.Le.khahso I may goH1980
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
אַתָּ֣ה'a.TahyouH859
יָדַ֔עְתָּya.Da'.tayou knowH3045
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֲבֹדָתִ֖י'a.vo.da.Tiservice myH5656
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ\׃'a.vad.Ti.khaI have served youH5647

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 30:26

  • 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 31:6

    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. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

  • 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 31:38-41

    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. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

  • 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 30:29-30

    And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my wives.
29:19,20,30; 31:26,31,41; Ho 12:12
for thou.
29,30; 31:6,38-40

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Context

  • Genesis 30:25

    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.

  • Genesis 30:26

    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 30:27

    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.

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Genesis 30:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dame mis mujeres y mis hijos, por las cuales he servido contigo, y déjame ir; pues tú sabes los servicios que te he hecho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Donne-moi mes femmes pour lesquelles je t’ai servi, et mes enfants, et je m’en irai; car tu sais quel a été le service que je t’ai rendu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gib mir meine Weiber und meine Kinder, um welche ich dir gedient habe, daß ich hinziehe; denn du kennst ja meinen Dienst, den ich dir gedient habe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Da mihi uxores, et liberos meos, pro quibus servivi tibi, ut abeam: tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi.