5 occurrences

'Wages' in the Bible

Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

Verse ConceptsBeing FairNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfWagesFree Of Charge

He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."

If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.

Verse ConceptsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

Verse ConceptsdowryCovetousness, Example OfDishonesty, Examples OfThe Number FourteenTen TimesSix YearsTen To Fourteen Years20 To 30 YearsChangeServing Individuals

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