Genesis 31:6
You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
In Context
7Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.
Cross References
Genesis 30:29Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
Genesis 31:41These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
1 Peter 2:18Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
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 →