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41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, were not with me, surely thou would send me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the work of my hands and rebuked thee last night.

43 ¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these sons are my sons, and these sheep are my sheep, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their sons unto whom they have given birth?

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41 It was like this for the twenty years(A) I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters(B) and six years for your flocks,(C) and you changed my wages(D) ten times.(E) 42 If the God of my father,(F) the God of Abraham(G) and the Fear of Isaac,(H) had not been with me,(I) you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands,(J) and last night he rebuked you.(K)

43 Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks.(L) All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne?

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