Genesis 31:41

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Thus haue I ben twentie yere in thy house, and serued thee fourteene yeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yere for thy sheepe, and thou hast chaunged my rewarde ten tymes.

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  • Gen 31:7 : 7 But your father hath deceaued me, and chaunged my wages ten tymes: but God suffred hym not to hurt me.
  • Gen 31:38 : 38 Behold, this twentie yere haue I ben with thee, thy sheepe and thy goates haue not ben barren, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 In iourneying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of myne owne nation, in perils among the heathen, in perils in the citie, in perils in the wildernesse, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
  • Gen 29:18-30 : 18 And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 Laban aunswered: It is better that I geue her vnto thee, then that I shoulde geue her to another man: abide with me. 20 And Iacob serued seuen yere for Rachel: and they seemed vnto hym but a fewe dayes, for the loue he hadde to her. 21 And Iacob said vnto Laban: geue me my wife that I may lye with her, for my dayes are fulfylled. 22 Then Laban gathered together all the men of that place, and made a feast. 23 And when euen was come, he toke Lea his daughter, and brought her to hym, and he went in to her. 24 And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be her seruaunt. 25 And when the mornyng was come, beholde it was Lea. Then sayde he to Laban: Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? dyd not I serue thee for Rachel? wherfore then hast thou begyled me? 26 Laban aunswered: It is not the maner of this place, to marry ye younger before the first borne. 27 Passe out this weeke, & then we wyll geue thee this also for the seruice whiche thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeres more. 28 And Iacob dyd euen so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gaue hym Rachel his daughter to wyfe also. 29 And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter Bilha his handmayde, to be her seruaunt. 30 So lay he by Rachel also, and loued Rachel more then Lea, and serued hym yet seuen yeres more.
  • Gen 30:33-40 : 33 So shall my ryghteousnes aunswere for me in time to come: for it shal come for my rewarde before thy face. And euery one that is not specked and partie amongst the goates, & blacke amongst the sheepe, let it be compted theft in me. 34 And Laban sayde: go to, would God it myght be accordyng to thy saying. 35 Therfore he toke out the same day the hee goates that were ryngstraked and of diuers colours, & all the shee goates that were spotted and coloured, and all that had whyte in them, & all the blacke amongst the sheepe, and put them in the kepyng of his sonnes. 36 And set three dayes iourney betwixte himselfe and Iacob: and so Iacob kept the rest of Labans sheepe. 37 Iacob toke roddes of greene populer, hasell, and chesse nut trees, and pilled whyte strakes in them, and made the whyte appeare in the roddes. 38 And put the roddes which he had pilled, euen before the sheepe, in the gutters and watryng throughes when the sheepe came to drynke, that they should conceaue when they came to drynke. 39 And the sheepe conceaued before the roddes, & brought foorth lambes ryngstraked, spotted, and partie. 40 And Iacob did seperate these lambes, and turned the faces of the sheepe whiche were in the flocke of Laban, towarde these ryngstraked, and al maner of blacke: and so put his owne flockes by them selues, and put them not with Labans cattell.

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    5And sayde vnto them: I see your fathers countenauce that it is not toward me as it was wont to be: but the God of my father hath ben with me.

    6And ye knowe howe I haue serued your father to the best of my power.

    7But your father hath deceaued me, and chaunged my wages ten tymes: but God suffred hym not to hurt me.

    8When he sayde, the spotted shalbe thy wages: then al the sheepe bare spotted. And when he sayd, the ringstraked shalbe thy rewarde: then bare all the sheepe ringstraked.

    9Thus hath God taken away the increase of your fathers flocke, and geuen it to me.

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    37Thou hast tossed vp all my stuffe, and what hast thou founde of all thy householde stuffe? put it here before thy brethren and my brethren, that they may iudge betwixt vs both.

    38Behold, this twentie yere haue I ben with thee, thy sheepe and thy goates haue not ben barren, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

    39Whatsoeuer was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of my hande diddest thou require it that was stolen by day or nyght.

    40I was in suche case, that by day the heate consumed me, and the frost by nyght, and my slepe departed from mine eyes.

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    26Geue me my wyues and my chyldren for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.

    27To whom Laban aunswered: I pray thee, yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght tary: for I haue proued that the Lorde blessed me for thy sake.

    28Also he sayde: Appoynt what thy rewarde shalbe, and I wyll geue it thee.

    29But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee, and in what takyng thy cattell haue ben vnder me:

    30For that litle which thou haddest before I came, is nowe increased into a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed thee through my trauell: but nowe when shall I make prouision for myne owne house also?

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    30And nowe though thou wouldest nedes be gone away, because thou sore longest after thy fathers house, yet wherfore hast thou stollen my gods?

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