Genesis 30:31
And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing: but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed, and keep thy sheep again.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixitque Laban : Quid tibi dabo ? At ille ait : Nihil volo : sed si feceris quod postulo, iterum pascam, et custodiam pecora tua.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λαβάν Τί σοι δώσω; εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ Οὐ δώσεις μοι οὐθέν· ἐὰν ποιήσεις μοι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, πάλιν ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατά σου καὶ φυλάξω.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מָ֣ה אֶתֶּן לָ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ לֹא תִתֶּן לִ֣י מְא֔וּמָה אִם תַּֽעֲשֶׂה לִּי֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה אָשׁ֛וּבָה אֶרְעֶ֥ה צֹֽאנְךָ֖ אֶשְׁמֹֽר
Haydock's commentary
Nothing. I am willing to depart with my family towards my father. But if I must stay, these are my terms. (Haydock)
I require no certain wages, committing myself entirely to what Providence shall send. (Salien.)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.