Genesis 31:40

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

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

In Context

39the 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;

41This [is] to me twenty years in your house: I have served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock; and you change my hire ten times;

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Cross References

Exodus 2:19And they say, “A man, an Egyptian, has delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and has also diligently drawn for us, and waters the flock”;

Psalms 78:70And He fixes on His servant David, || And takes him from the folds of a flock,

Hosea 12:12And Jacob flees to the country of Aram, || And Israel serves for a wife, || Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.

John 21:15When, therefore, they dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, [son] of Jonas, do you love Me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord; You have known that I cherish You”; He says to him, “Feed My lambs.”

1 Peter 5:2feed the flock of God that [is] among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but willingly, neither for shameful gain, but eagerly,

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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