Genesis 31:6

And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

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In The King James Version

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

In Context

5And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

7But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

Genesis 31:41These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

Colossians 3:22Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

1 Peter 2:18Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:2-17

Jacob's Departure. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's… Read the whole commentary →

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