Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 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 you, and let me go. For you know my service which I have done you. 27 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. 28 And he said, Appoint your wages and I will give.
Cross References
Genesis 26:24
And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you, and will bless you and multiply your seed for My servant Abraham's sake.
Isaiah 61:9
And their seed will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the seed Jehovah has blessed.
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 18:3
And he said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, do not pass away, I pray, from Your servant.
Genesis 30:30
For you had little before I came, and it has now increased to a multitude. And Jehovah has blessed you since my coming. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?
Genesis 33:15
And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people with me. And he said, Why this? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatever you shall say to me I will give.
Genesis 39:2-5
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:21-23
But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis 47:25
And they said, You have saved our lives. Let us find grace 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 be that when you go, you shall not go empty.
Numbers 11:11
And Moses said to Jehovah, Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, so that You lay the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers 11:15
And if You are going to part this way with me, I beg You to kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and let me not see my misery.
Ruth 2:13
Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me; for you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not like one of your handmaidens.
1 Samuel 16:22
And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Please let David 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 the sister of his own wife for a wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
Nehemiah 1:11
O Jehovah, I pray You, let now Your ear be open to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name. And I pray You, bless Your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. (For I was the king's cupbearer.)
Nehemiah 2:5
and I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I pray that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, so that I may build it.
Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.
Isaiah 6:13
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return and be consumed like the terebinth and like the oak being felled, yet has its stump; the holy seed is its stump.
Isaiah 65:8
So says Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it; so I will do to My servants, that I may not destroy them all.
Daniel 1:9
And God had given Daniel kindness and compassion before the chief of the eunuchs.
Acts 7:10
and plucked him out from all his afflictions, and He gave him favor and wisdom over against Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household.