Genesis 31:6

And you know that I have served your father to the utmost of my power.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me.

7Yea, your father also hath overreached me, and hath changes my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.

Genesis 31:41And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.

Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not serving to the eye, as pleasing men, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

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

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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