Chuàngshìjì 30:30

30 Wǒ wèi lái zhī xiān , nǐ suǒyǒude hĕn shào , xiànjīn què fà dà zhòngduō , Yēhéhuá suí wǒde jiǎobù cì fú yǔ nǐ . rújīn , wǒ shénme shíhou cái wèi zìjǐ xìng jiā lì yè ne .

Chuàngshìjì 30:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:30

For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came]
Perhaps but a single flock, and that not a very large one, since Rachel, his youngest daughter, had the care of it: and it is [now] increased unto a multitude;
or "broke forth" ^F13, spread itself over the fields and plains, hills and mountains adjacent, so that they were covered with his sheep, these bringing forth thousands and ten thousands, ( Psalms 144:13 ) ; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming;
or "at my foot" ^F14; ever since he set foot in his house. Aben Ezra observes it as a proverbial saying, such an one has a good foot, a lucky one, wherever he comes a blessing or success goes with him; or the meaning may be, wherever Jacob went or led his flock, and fed it, it prospered, the blessing of God going with him. Onkelos renders it, "for my sake"; and so it is the same with what Laban had observed and owned, ( Genesis 30:27 ) ; and now, when shall I provide for mine own house?
suggesting it was his duty to do it, and it was high time he did it, since he had a large family to provide for; see ( 1 Timothy 5:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Urpy) "erupit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.
F14 (ylgrl) "ad pedem meum", Montanus, Piscator, Drusius, Schmidt.

Chuàngshìjì 30:30 In-Context

28 Yòu shuō , qǐng nǐ déng nǐde gōngjià , wǒ jiù gĕi nǐ .

29 Yǎgè duì tā shuō , wǒ zĕnyàng fúshì nǐ , nǐde shēngchù zaì wǒ shǒu lǐ zĕnyàng , shì nǐ zhīdào de .

30 Wǒ wèi lái zhī xiān , nǐ suǒyǒude hĕn shào , xiànjīn què fà dà zhòngduō , Yēhéhuá suí wǒde jiǎobù cì fú yǔ nǐ . rújīn , wǒ shénme shíhou cái wèi zìjǐ xìng jiā lì yè ne .

31 Lābān shuō , wǒ dāng gĕi nǐ shénme ne . Yǎgè shuō , shénme nǐ yĕ bù bì gĕi wǒ , zhǐyǒu yī jiàn shì , nǐ ruò yìng chéng , wǒ biàn réngjiù mù fàng nǐde yáng qún .

32 Jīntiān wǒ yào zǒu biàn nǐde yáng qún , bǎ miányáng zhōng fán yǒu diǎn de , yǒu bān de , hé hēisè de , bìng shānyáng zhōng fán yǒu bān de , yǒu diǎn de , dōu tiǎo chūlai . jiānglái zhè yī dĕng de jiù suàn wǒde gōngjià .