23. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”
24. She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”
25. After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.
26. Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”
27. But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”
28. He added, “Just name your wages – I’ll pay whatever you want.”
29. “You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied, “and how well your livestock have fared under my care.
30. Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”