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Genesis 31:41

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39 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.

40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

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BSB
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!
KJV
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
WEB
These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
ASV
These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
DARBY
I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
BLB
This [is] my twentieth year in your house. I served you four [and] ten years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wage ten times.
ÅB
I tyve år har jeg nå vært i ditt hus, jeg har tjent deg fjorten år for dine to døtre og seks år for ditt småfe; men du forandret min lønn ti ganger.
OTB
I tjue år var jeg i ditt hus. Jeg arbeidet for deg i fjorten år for dine to døtre og seks år for dine flokker, og du endret min lønn ti ganger.
B1930
I tyve år har jeg nu vært i ditt hus, jeg har tjent dig fjorten år for dine to døtre og seks år for ditt småfe; men du forandret min lønn ti ganger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 31:7

    And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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  • Genesis 31:38

    This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:26

    In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

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  • Genesis 30:33–40

    So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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  • Genesis 29:18–30

    And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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