25. When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
26. 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.”
27. Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”
28. He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
29. He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.