26Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
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And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-36)We have here, I. Jacob’s thoughts of home. He faithfully served his time out with Laban, even his second apprenticeship, though he was an old man, had a large family to provide for, and it was high time for him to set up for himself. Though Laban’s service was hard, and he had cheated him in the first bargain he had made, yet Jacob honestly performs his engagements. Note, A good man, though he swe…
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