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Give meתְּנָהmy wivesאֶת נָשַׁיand my children,וְאֶת יְלָדַיfor whomאֲשֶׁר בָּהֵןI have servedעָבַדְתִּיyou,אֹתְךָand let me go,וְאֵלֵכָהforכִּיyouאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּmy serviceאֶת עֲבֹדָתִיwith whichאֲשֶׁרI have served you.”עֲבַדְתִּיךָ
Genesis 30:26
Study it in the app“Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go, for you know my service with which I have served you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:26, word by word
- Give meתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- my wivesנָשַׁnasha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nasha” appears- and my childrenיְלָדַyelada
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yelada” appears- for whomהֵןhen
they (feminine)
They (feminine); those.
Where else “hen” appears- I have servedעָבַדְתִּיavadti
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avadti” appears- and let me goאֵלֵכָהelecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elecha” appears- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- my serviceעֲבֹדָתִavodati
bondage
Work imposed by another, or the hard burden of one who does it as a slave.
Where else “avodati” appears
The context
25When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, so that I may go to my own place and to my land.
26 · This verse (above)
27Laban said to him, “If, please, I have found favor in your eyes— I have learned by divination that YHWH has blessed me because of you.”
To study Genesis 30 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?