Genesis 31:41

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thus haue I bene twentie yeere in thine house, and serued thee fourteene yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yeeres for thy sheepe, and thou hast changed my wages tenne times.

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  • Gen 31:7 : 7 But your father hath deceiued me, & changed my wages tenne times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.
  • Gen 31:38 : 38 This twenty yere I haue bin with thee: thine ewes & thy goates haue not cast their yong, 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 vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 In iourneying I was often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine owne nation, in perils among the Gentiles, in perils in the citie, in perils in wildernes, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
  • Gen 29:18-30 : 18 And Iaakob loued Rahel, and sayde, I will serue thee seuen yeeres for Rahel thy yonger daughter. 19 Then Laban answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with me. 20 And Iaakob serued seuen yeres for Rahel, and they seemed vnto him but a few dayes, because he loued her. 21 Then Iaakob sayde to Laban, Giue me my wife, that I may goe in to her: for my terme is ended. 22 Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 But whe the euening was come, he tooke Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in vnto her. 24 And Laban gaue his mayde Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her seruant. 25 But when the morning was come, behold, it was Leah. Then sayde he to Laban, Wherefore hast thou done thus to mee? did not I serue thee for Rahel? wherfore then hast thou beguiled me? 26 And Laban answered, It is not the maner of this place, to giue the yonger before the elder. 27 Fulfill seuen yeeres for her, and we wil also giue thee this for the seruice, which thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeeres more. 28 Then Iaakob did so, and fulfilled her seuen yeeres, so he gaue him Rahel his daughter to be his wife. 29 Laban also gaue to Rahel his daughter Bilhah his mayde to be her seruant. 30 So entred he in to Rahel also, and loued also Rahel more then Leah, and serued him yet seuen yeeres mo.
  • Gen 30:33-40 : 33 So shal my righteousnesse answere for me hereafter, when it shall come for my rewarde before thy face, and euery one that hath not litle or great spots among the goates, and blacke among the sheepe, the same shalbe theft with me. 34 Then Laban sayde, Goe to, woulde God it might be according to thy saying. 35 Therefore he tooke out the same day the hee goates that were partie coloured and with great spots, and all the shee goates with litle and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the sheepe, and put them in the keeping of his sonnes. 36 And hee set three dayes iourney betweene himselfe and Iaakob; Iaakob kept the rest of Labans sheepe. 37 Then Iaakob tooke rods of greene popular, and of hasell, and of the chesnut tree, and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appeare in the rods. 38 Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke) 39 And the sheepe were in heate before the rods, and afterward brought forth yong of partie colour, and with small and great spots. 40 And Iaakob parted these lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towardes these lambes partie coloured and all maner of blacke, among the sheepe of Laban: so hee put his owne flockes by themselues, and put them not with Labans flocke.

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    5Then sayde hee vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not towardes me as it was wont, and the God of my father hath bene with me.

    6And yee knowe that I haue serued your father with all my might.

    7But your father hath deceiued me, & changed my wages tenne times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.

    8If he thus sayd, The spotted shall be thy wages, then all the sheepe bare spotted: and if he sayd thus, the party coloured shalbe thy rewarde, then bare all the sheepe particoloured.

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    37Seeing thou hast searched all my stuffe, what hast thou foud of all thine houshold stuffe? put it here before my brethren & thy brethren, that they may iudge betweene vs both.

    38This twenty yere I haue bin with thee: thine ewes & thy goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

    39Whatsoeuer was torne of beasts, I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stollen by day or stollen by night.

    40I was in the day consumed with heate, and with frost in the night, and my sleepe departed from mine eyes.

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    26Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.

    27To whom Laban answered, If I haue nowe found fauour in thy sight tarie: I haue perceiued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

    28Also he said, Appoynt vnto me thy wages, and I will giue it thee.

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    30For the litle, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lorde hath blessed thee by my coming: but nowe when shall I trauell for mine owne house also?

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    43Then Laban answered, and saide vnto Iaakob, These daughters are my daughters, & these sonnes are my sonnes, and these sheepe are my sheepe, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or to their sonnes which they haue borne?

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