Genesis 30:26

26 Gib mir meine Weiber und meine Kinder, um welche ich dir gedient habe, daß ich hinziehe; denn du kennst ja meinen Dienst, womit ich dir gedient habe.

Genesis 30:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:26

Give [me] my wives
His two wives, Leah and Rachel, and the two maids, Bilhah and Zilpah, which he had given him for wives also; he desires leave not to have them, but to take them away with him: and my children;
his twelve children; he did not desire his father-in- law to take any of them, and keep them for him, but was desirous of having them with him: no doubt, for the sake of their education, though he had nothing of his own wherewith to support them; not doubting that God would make good his promise in giving him food and raiment, and returning him to his country; and which his faith applied to his family as well as to himself: for whom I have served thee;
not for his children, but for his wives, his two wives; and let me go;
free from thy service, and to my own country; for thou knowest my service which I have done thee:
how much and great it is, and with what diligence and faithfulness it has been performed, and that the time of it fixed and agreed upon was at an end.

Genesis 30:26 In-Context

24 Und sie gab ihm den Namen Joseph und sprach: Jehova füge mir einen anderen Sohn hinzu!
25 Und es geschah, als Rahel den Joseph geboren hatte, da sprach Jakob zu Laban: Entlaß mich, daß ich an meinen Ort und in mein Land ziehe.
26 Gib mir meine Weiber und meine Kinder, um welche ich dir gedient habe, daß ich hinziehe; denn du kennst ja meinen Dienst, womit ich dir gedient habe.
27 Und Laban sprach zu ihm: Wenn ich doch Gnade gefunden habe in deinen Augen...!Ich habe gespürt, daß Jehova mich um deinetwillen gesegnet hat.
28 Und er sprach: Bestimme mir deinen Lohn, und ich will ihn geben.
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