Genesis 30 · Verse 31

Genesis 30:31

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:

Genesis 30:31, King James Version

Genesis 30:31 in other translations

BSB	“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.
WEB	Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
ASV	And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.
YLT	And he saith, ‘What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, ‘Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;
DARBY	And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
BBE	And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
Webster	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 does Genesis 30:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

31. Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing--A new agreement was made, the substance of which was, that he was to receive remuneration in the usual way, but on certain conditions which Jacob specified.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 30:31 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.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

מָ֣הmahwhat?H4100

אֶתֶּן\־'e.ten-will I giveH5414

לָ֑ךְLakhto <the> you

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

יַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacobH3290

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808

תִתֶּן\־ti.ten-you will giveH5414

לִ֣יlito <the> me

מְא֔וּמָהme.'U.mahanythingH3972

אִם\־'im-ifH518

תַּֽעֲשֶׂה\־ta.'a.seh-you will doH6213

לִּי֙lifor <the> me

הַדָּבָ֣רha.da.Varthe thingH1697

הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

אָשׁ֛וּבָה'a.Shu.vahI will returnH7725

אֶרְעֶ֥ה'er.'EhI will tendH7462

צֹֽאנְךָ֖tzo.ne.Khaflock yourH6629

אֶשְׁמֹֽר\׃'esh.MorI will protect [it]H8104

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

Cross references for Genesis 30:31

Hebrews 13:5
Let 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.
Psalms 118:8
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
2 Samuel 21:4-6
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. 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, 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2Sa 21:4-6; Ps 118:8; Heb 13:5

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Context

Genesis 30:30
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?
Genesis 30:31
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:
Genesis 30:32
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

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Genesis 30:31 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y él dijo: ¿Qué te daré? Y respondió Jacob: No me des nada: si hicieres por mí esto, volveré á apacentar tus ovejas.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Laban dit: Que te donnerai-je? Et Jacob dit: Tu ne me donneras rien. Si tu veux faire ceci pour moi, je paîtrai encore ton bétail, et je le garderai:
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er sprach: Was soll ich dir geben? Und Jakob sprach: Du sollst mir gar nichts geben; wenn du mir dieses tust, so will ich wiederum deine Herde weiden und hüten:
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dixitque Laban: Quid tibi dabo? At ille ait: Nihil volo: sed si feceris quod postulo, iterum pascam, et custodiam pecora tua.