Genesis 31:39

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto you; I bare the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

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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 have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.

40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

Exodus 22:12And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Leviticus 22:8That which dies of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.

Luke 2:8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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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