Genesis 31:6

And you know that I have served your father with all my strength.

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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: “I see that your father’s face is not the same toward me as it was yesterday and the day before. But the God of my father has been with me.

7Even so, your father has circumvented me, and he has changed my wages ten times. And yet God has not permitted him to harm me.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29But he responded: “You know how I have served you, and how great your possession became in my hands.

Genesis 31:41And in this way, for twenty years, I have served you in your house: fourteen for your daughters, and six for your flocks. You have also changed my wages ten times.

Colossians 3:22Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and meek, but also to the unruly.

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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