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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Youאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּhowאֵת אֲשֶׁרI have served youעֲבַדְתִּיךָand howוְאֵת אֲשֶׁרyour livestockמִקְנְךָhas faredהָיָהwith me.אִתִּי
Genesis 30:29
Study it in the app“He said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock has fared with me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:29, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- I have served youעֲבַדְתִּיavadti
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avadti” appears- your livestockמִקְנְmikn
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikn” appears- has faredהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears
The context
28And he said, “Name your wages to me, and I will give it.”
29 · This verse (above)
30For you had little before me, and it has increased abundantly, and YHWH has blessed you at my coming. But now, when will I too do something for my own house?”
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?