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Labanלָבָןsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Very well;הֵןlet it beלוּ יְהִיaccording to your word.”כִדְבָרֶךָ
Genesis 30:34
Study it in the app“Laban said, “Very well; let it be according to your word.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:34, word by word
- Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- let it beלוּlu
if only
A word that voices a strong wish that something were otherwise: «if only…».
Where else “lu” appears- let it beיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- according to your wordדְבָרֶdevare
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devare” appears
The context
33So my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when you come to look over my wages before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, or dark among the lambs, if it is with me, will be counted as stolen.”
34 · This verse (above)
35On that day he removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every dark one among the lambs, and he gave them into the hands of his sons.
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?