Genesis 31:6

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me.

7And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.

Genesis 31:41I 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.

Colossians 3:22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.

1 Peter 2:18Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.

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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