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Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go: for you know my service with which I have served you."
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A Just and Rightful Request
Commentators explain that Jacob's request was not a plea for a favor but a formal demand for what was contractually his. Having completed his fourteen years of service for his wives, he was now free to leave with his family. He appeals to Laban's own knowledge of his faithful service as the basis for his departure.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Give [me] my wives His two wives, Leah and Rachel, and the two maids, Bilhah and Zilpah, which he had given him for wives…
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The fourteen years having passed, Jacob was willing to depart without any provision, except God's promise. But he had in many ways a just claim on …
