Genesis 30:25-43
"Jacob's Flocks Multiply"
Jacob is now itching to be home again and so he asks Laban to allow him to leave. Laban agrees and offers him payment due for the work he'd done as Laban's shepherd. While at first Jacob refuses, he eventually gives in to pressure and he and Laban set a price -a specific group of Laban's sheep. The initial group isn't large, but, over time, Jacob takes that flock and breeds it stronger than Laban's.
Par of the reason Laban wanted to pay Jacob was because he could see that God was blessing Jacob and, by extension, Laban. Later in the passage, we see Jacob having a stronger flock than Laban's. God was with him and He blessed his work.
God blesses those who serve and obey Him
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