Genesis 31:40
Thus have I been—By day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night,—So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 2:19And they said, An Egyptian, delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,—Moreover also he drew, for us, and watered the flock.
Psalms 78:70And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:
Hosea 12:12When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.
John 21:15When, therefore, they had broken their fast, Jesus saith unto Simon Peter—Simon, son of John! lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him—Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee, he saith unto him—Be feeding my lambs.
1 Peter 5:2Shepherd the beloved flock of God, which is among you,—not by compulsion, but by choice, nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind,—
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 →