And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Parallel translations
- WEB Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”
- BSB “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
- NKJV And Laban said, “Oh, that it were according to your word!”
- NASB Laban said, “Good, let it be according to your word.”
- NLT “All right,” Laban replied. “It will be as you say.”
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Quick answer
Laban agrees to Jacob's proposal. The deal is struck on terms Laban thinks favor himself.
Overview
Laban's quick acceptance suggests he believes the arrangement will cost him little, since marked animals were the minority. His agreement sets in motion events he cannot control. What looks like a shrewd bargain for Laban becomes, under God's hand, the path to Jacob's great increase.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Cor 14:5I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
- Num 22:29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
- 1 Cor 7:7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
- Gal 5:12I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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