Genesis 29:15
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
KJV
dixit ei : Num quia frater meus es, gratis servies mihi ? dic quid mercedis accipias.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ Λαβὰν τῷ Ἰακώβ Ὅτι γὰρ ἀδελφός μου εἶ, οὐ δουλεύσεις μοι δωρεάν· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι τίς ὁ μισθός σού ἐστιν.
LXX
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לָבָן֙ לְ/יַעֲקֹ֔ב הֲ/כִי אָחִ֣/י אַ֔תָּה וַ/עֲבַדְתַּ֖/נִי חִנָּ֑ם הַגִּ֥ידָ/ה לִּ֖/י מַה מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§500Against this doctrine the objection is sometimes raised that the Bible mentions brothers and sisters of Jesus.157 The Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, "brothers of Jesus", are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ, whom St. Matthew significantly calls "the other Mary".158 They a…
Cross-references
- Gen 30:28 — And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
- Gen 30:28 — And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
- Gen 31:7 — And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
- Gen 31:15 — Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
- Judg 9:3 — And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.