Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, [tarry, for] I have learned by experience that LORD has blessed me for thy sake.
New American Standard Bible
But Laban said to him, “If now
King James Version
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Holman Bible
But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
International Standard Version
Then Laban responded, "If I've found favor in your sight, please stay with me, because I've learned through divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.
American Standard Version
And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry : for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.
Amplified
But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, stay with me; for I have learned [from the omens in divination and by experience] that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
Bible in Basic English
And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
Darby Translation
And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.
Julia Smith Translation
And Laban will say to him, If now I found grace in thine eyes, I prognosticated, and Jehovah will praise me because of thee.
King James 2000
And Laban said unto him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Laban said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, I have learned by divination that Yahweh has blessed me because of you."
Modern King James verseion
And Laban said to him, Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. For I have seen omens, that Jehovah has blessed me for your sake.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said Laban unto him, "If I have found favour in thy sight - for I suppose that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake -
NET Bible
But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you."
New Heart English Bible
Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."
The Emphasized Bible
And Laban said unto him, If, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, -- I have divined that Yahweh hath blessed me for thy sake.
Webster
And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience, that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
World English Bible
Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Laban saith unto him, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'
Themes
Laban » Jacob becomes his servant
Rachel » consequences of » Grief » sterility
Servants » When good » Bring God's blessing upon their masters
Interlinear
Matsa'
`ayin
Nachash
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 30:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Prosperity
26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go, for thou know my service with which I have served thee. 27 And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, [tarry, for] I have learned by experience that LORD has blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint for me thy wages, and I will give it.
Cross References
Genesis 26:24
And LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Isaiah 61:9
And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which LORD has blessed.
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless those who bless thee, and he who curses thee I will curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 18:3
and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.
Genesis 30:30
For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and LORD has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?
Genesis 33:15
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folks that are with me. And he said, What need is it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say to me I will give.
Genesis 39:2-5
And LORD was with Joseph. And he was a man who succeeds. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:21-23
But LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis 47:25
And they said, Thou have saved our lives. Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Exodus 3:21
And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
Numbers 11:11
And Moses said to LORD, Why have thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou lay the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers 11:15
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.
Ruth 2:13
Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, because thou have comforted me, and because thou have spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.
1 Samuel 16:22
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.
1 Kings 11:19
And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
Nehemiah 1:11
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name, and, I pray thee, prosper thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight
Nehemiah 2:5
And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.
Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.
Isaiah 6:13
And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up. As a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled, so the holy seed is the stock of it.
Isaiah 65:8
Thus says LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [a man] says, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it, so I will do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
Daniel 1:9
Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the ruler of the eunuchs.
Acts 7:10
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and his entire house.