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Jacob Prospers

Genesis 30:28

In 11 translations

BSB
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
KJV
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
WEB
He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
ASV
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
LSV
He also says, “Define your hire to me, and I give.”
YLT
He saith also, 'Define thy hire to me, and I give.'
DBY
And he said, Appoint to me thy wages, and I will give it.
DRC
Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.
GNV
Also he said, Appoynt vnto me thy wages, and I will giue it thee.
JPS
And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.'
LXXE
Appoint me thy wages, and I will give them.Lit. thy wages to or with me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נָקְבָ֧ה שְׂכָרְךָ֛ עָלַ֖י וְאֶתֵּֽנָה׃
LXX-Br
Διάστειλον τὸν μισθόν σου πρός με, καὶ δώσω.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 29:15Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
  • Genesis 29:19Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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