Genesis 31:6

and, ye, know that with all my vigour, have I served your father.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

In Context

5and said to them, Beholding, am I the face of your father, that it is not towards me as aforetime,—nevertheless, the God of my father, hath been with me;

7But, your father, hath deceived me, and hath changed my wages ten times,—yet God hath not suffered him to deal harmfully with me.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29And he said unto him, Thou, knowest how I have served thee,—and how thy cattle have fared, with me.

Genesis 31:41This, hath been my lot twenty years in thy house,—I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, And six years for thy sheep—And thou didst change my wages ten times:—

Colossians 3:22Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters,—not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord,—

1 Peter 2:18Ye domestics, submitting yourselves, in all reverence, unto your masters,—not only unto the good and considerate, but also unto the perverse;

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 →

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