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Genesis 31:41 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. "
Genesis 31:41
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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.
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
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Genesis 31:1
"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."
Genesis 31:2
"And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before."
Genesis 31:3
"Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you."
Genesis 31:3
"And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred;"
Genesis 31:4
"And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,"
Genesis 31:5
"And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me"
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