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


In Context

12 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.

13 It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

14 Laban said to him, |Surely you are my bone and my flesh.| He lived with him for a month.

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

16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Laban 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."

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 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?