Genesis 30:34
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Genesis 30:34 in other translations
| BSB | “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.” |
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| WEB | Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.” |
| ASV | And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. |
| YLT | And Laban saith, ‘Lo, O that it were according to thy word;' |
| DARBY | And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word. |
| BBE | And Laban said, Let it be as you say. |
| Webster | And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. |
What does Genesis 30:34 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…
Genesis 30:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 30:34
- 1 Corinthians 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
- 1 Corinthians 7:7
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
- Galatians 5:12
I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
- Numbers 22:29
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
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Context
- Genesis 30:33
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
- Genesis 30:34
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
- Genesis 30:35
And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
Genesis 30:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Labán: Mira, ojalá fuese como tú dices. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Laban dit: Voici, qu’il en soit selon ta parole. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Laban sprach: Siehe, es geschehe nach deinem Worte! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque Laban: Gratum habeo quod petis. |