Genesis 31:6

and ye — ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5and saith to them, 'I am beholding your father's face — that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,

7and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29And he saith unto him, 'Thou — thou hast known that which I have served thee [in], and that which thy substance was with me;

Genesis 31:41'This [is] to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;

Colossians 3:22The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

1 Peter 2:18The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

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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