Genesis 31:40
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
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Exodus 2:19“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
Psalms 78:70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:37-43
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 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. 39 That which was torn of beasts I… Read the whole commentary →