15Laban said to him, "Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be."


In Context

12 He had told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and a son of Rebekah. So she ran and told her father.

13 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.

14 Then Laban said to him, "You are my own flesh and blood." After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,

15 Laban said to him, "Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be."

16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was lovely in form, and beautiful.

Genesis 29:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be? ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:15He said to him: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou serve me without wages? Tell me what wages thou wilt have.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:15And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? Tell me, what shall thy wages be?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall be thy wages?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:15And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15Laban said to Jacob, |Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15And Laban saith to Jacob, 'Is it because thou art my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what is thy hire.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall your wages be?