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Genesis 31:39

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37 You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

38 I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

40 As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

41 Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
KJV
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
WEB
That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
ASV
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
DARBY
What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.
BLB
That which was torn I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. From my hand you required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.
ÅB
det som var sønderrevet, kom jeg ikke hjem til deg med; jeg godtgjorde selv skaden; av meg krevde du det, enten det var stjålet om dagen, eller det var stjålet om natten.
OTB
Jeg brakte deg ikke dyr revet i hjel av ville dyr; jeg bar tapet selv. Og du krevde betaling fra meg for alt som ble stjålet om dagen eller natten.
B1930
det som var sønderrevet, kom jeg ikke hjem til dig med; jeg godtgjorde selv skaden; av mig krevde du det, enten det var stjålet om dagen, eller det var stjålet om natten.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 22:10–13

    If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

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  • Leviticus 22:8

    He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

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  • Luke 2:8

    And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

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  • Exodus 22:31

    You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.

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  • John 10:12–13

    The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:34–35

    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

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