Bible Verses About Wages

He said to him: Because thou art my brother, shalt thou serve me without wages? Tell me what wages thou wilt have.

Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia; and the younger was called Rachel.

But Lia was blear-eyed: Rachel was well favoured, and of a beautiful countenance.

And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.

Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

And he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage.

And at night he brought in Lia, his daughter, to him,

Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zelpha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom, when morning was come he saw it was Lia.

And he said to his father-in-law: What is it that thou didst mean to do? did not I serve thee for Rachel? why hast thou deceived me?

Laban answered: It is not the custom in this place, to give the younger in marriage first.

Make up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years.

He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel:

To whom her father gave Bala, for her servant.

And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.

Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.

But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.

Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable, therefore, that I should now provide also for my own house.

And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing; but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed and keep thy sheep again.

Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled; and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall be my wages.

And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee, when the time of the bargain shall come; and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft.

And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.

Yea your father hath also overreached me, and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.

And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.