Chuàngshìjì 29:15

15 Lābān duì Yǎgè shuō , nǐ suī shì wǒde gǔròu ( yuánwén zuò dìxiōng ) , qǐ kè báibái dì fúshì wǒ . qǐng gàosu wǒ , nǐ yào shénme wèi gōngjià .

Chuàngshìjì 29:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:15

And Laban said unto Jacob, because thou [art] my brother
Or nephew, his sister's son, (See Gill on Genesis 29:12):

shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought?
nearness of kin was no reason why he should serve him freely, or for nothing, but rather why he should be more kind to him than to a stranger, and give him better wages:

tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be]?
by the day, or month, or year; signifying he was willing to give him anything that was just and reasonable, which was very well spoken; and this gave Jacob a fair opportunity of opening his mind more freely to him, and for answering a principal end for which he came, as follows:

Chuàngshìjì 29:15 In-Context

13 Lābān tīngjian waìsheng Yǎgè de xìnxī , jiù pǎo qù yíngjiē , bào zhe tā , yǔ tā qīnzuǐ, lǐng tā dào zìjǐ de jiā . Yǎgè jiàng yīqiè de qíngyóu gàosu Lābān .

14 Lābān duì tā shuō , nǐ shízaì shì wǒde gǔròu . Yǎgè jiù hé tā tóng zhù le yī gè yuè .

15 Lābān duì Yǎgè shuō , nǐ suī shì wǒde gǔròu ( yuánwén zuò dìxiōng ) , qǐ kè báibái dì fúshì wǒ . qǐng gàosu wǒ , nǐ yào shénme wèi gōngjià .

16 Lābān yǒu liǎng gè nǚér , dà de míng jiào Lìyà , xiǎo de míng jiào Lājié .

17 Lìyà de yǎnjing méiyǒu shénqi , Lājié què shēng de mĕimào jùnxiù .