Genesis 30:26

26 Give me my wives and children. I worked for you to get them. So I'll be on my way. You know how much work I've done for you."

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 She continued, "May the LORD give me another son." So she named him Joseph.
25 After Rachel had Joseph, Jacob spoke to Laban. He said, "Send me on my way. I want to go back to my own home and country.
26 Give me my wives and children. I worked for you to get them. So I'll be on my way. You know how much work I've done for you."
27 But Laban said to him, "If you are pleased with me, stay here. I've discovered that the LORD has blessed me because of you."
28 He continued, "Name your pay. I'll give it to you."
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