Genèse 30:26

26 Donne-moi mes femmes et mes enfants, pour lesquels je t'ai servi, et que je m'en aille; car tu sais le service que j'ai fait pour toi.

Genèse 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.

Genèse 30:26 In-Context

24 Et elle l'appela Joseph (il ôte ou il ajoute), en disant: Que l'Éternel m'ajoute encore un autre fils!
25 Et lorsque Rachel eut enfanté Joseph, Jacob dit à Laban: Donne-moi mon congé, que je m'en aille en mon lieu, dans mon pays.
26 Donne-moi mes femmes et mes enfants, pour lesquels je t'ai servi, et que je m'en aille; car tu sais le service que j'ai fait pour toi.
27 Et Laban lui répondit: Puissé-je avoir trouvé grâce à tes yeux; car j'ai deviné que l'Éternel m'a béni à cause de toi.
28 Puis il dit: Fixe-moi ton salaire, et je te le donnerai.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.