Genesis 31:39

The torn, have I not brought in unto thee—I bare the loss, At my hand, didst thou require it,—Stolen by day, or stolen by night.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

38This twenty years’ time, 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,

40Thus have I been—By day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night,—So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:9For any affair of trespass—for an ox, for an ass, for a sheep, for a mantle for anything lost as to which one could say—This is it, unto God, shall come the affair of them both,—he whom God shall condemn, shall make restitution of double to his neighbour.

Exodus 22:12But, if it be verily stolen, from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.

Leviticus 22:8That which dieth of itself or is torn in pieces, shall he not eat to make himself unclean thereby,—I, am Yahweh.

Luke 2:8And there were, shepherds, in the same country, dwelling in the fields, and keeping the watches of the night 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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