25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban: “Allow me to go to my own region and land.
26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I served you and let me go, for you know the service that I rendered you.”
27 Laban answered him: “If you will please! I have learned through divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
28 He continued, “State the wages I owe you, and I will pay them.”
29 Jacob replied: “You know what work I did for you and how well your livestock fared under my care;
30 the little you had before I came has grown into an abundance, since the Lord has blessed you in my company. Now, when can I do something for my own household as well?”
31 Laban asked, “What should I give you?” Jacob answered: “You do not have to give me anything. If you do this thing for me, I will again pasture and tend your sheep.