Genesis 31:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night.

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  • Exod 22:10-13 : 10 If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to keep and it dies, is injured, or is driven away, with no one seeing it, 11 then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both that he has not put his hand upon his neighbor's goods; and the owner shall accept this, and he shall not make restitution. 12 If it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner. 13 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.
  • Exod 22:31 : 31 And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
  • Lev 22:8 : 8 What dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 17:34-35 : 34 David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it.
  • Luke 2:8 : 8 And there were shepherds in the same country, staying in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  • John 10:12-13 : 12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.

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

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    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

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    37Whereas you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

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    38If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain;

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    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to keep and it dies, is injured, or is driven away, with no one seeing it,

    11then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both that he has not put his hand upon his neighbor's goods; and the owner shall accept this, and he shall not make restitution.

    12If it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.

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    31He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

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    19If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering;

    20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

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    28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:

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    3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you.

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