Genesis 29:19
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
KJV
Respondit Laban : Melius est ut tibi eam dem quam alteri viro : mane apud me.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Λαβάν Βέλτιον δοῦναί με αὐτὴν σοὶ ἢ δοῦναί με αὐτὴν ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ· οἴκησον μετ’ ἐμοῦ.
LXX
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֗ן ט֚וֹב תִּתִּ֣/י אֹתָ֣/הּ לָ֔/ךְ מִ/תִּתִּ֥/י אֹתָ֖/הּ לְ/אִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֑ר שְׁבָ֖/ה עִמָּדִֽ/י
Hebrew
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People
Laban
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
pronoun · 44×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 30:26 — Give 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.
- Gen 30:28 — And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
- Isa 6:5 — Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
- Isa 6:11 — Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
- Jer 29:6 — Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminishe
- Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.