Genesis 31:39

the torn I have not brought to you—I repay it—from my hand you seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

In Context

38These twenty years I [am] with you: your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flock I have not eaten;

40I have been [thus]: drought has consumed me in the day, and frost by night, and my sleep wanders from my eyes.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:9For every matter of transgression, for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his, the matter of them both comes to God; he whom God condemns repays double to his neighbor.

Exodus 22:12but if it is certainly stolen from him, he repays to its owner;

Leviticus 22:8he does not eat a carcass or torn thing, to become unclean with it; I [am] YHWH.

Luke 2:8And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

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 →

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