Study it in the app“He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do for me this thing, I will again pasture your flock and keep it.”
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמָהshall I giveאֶתֶּןyou?”לָךְJacobיַעֲקֹבsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“You shall not giveלֹא תִתֶּןmeלִיanything.מְאוּמָהIfאִםyou will doתַּעֲשֶׂהfor meלִּיthisהַזֶּהthing,הַדָּבָרI will againאָשׁוּבָהpastureאֶרְעֶהyour flockצֹאנְךָand keep it.אֶשְׁמֹר
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsanything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsagain
To do something one more time.
Where else “ashuva” appearsgraze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “ere” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “eshmor” appears30For 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?”
31 · This verse (above)
32Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there every animal speckled and spotted, and every dark animal among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such will be my wages.
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?
