Genesis 31:39

Webster's Bible (1833)

That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore the loss of it. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:10-13 : 10 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it; 11 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution. 12 But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it. 13 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.
  • Exod 22:31 : 31 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
  • Lev 22:8 : 8 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
  • 1 Sam 17:34-35 : 34 David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
  • Luke 2:8 : 8 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
  • John 10:12-13 : 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't 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 fled from my eyes.

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

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    37Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

    38These twenty years have I been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven't eaten the rams of your flocks.

  • Job 31:38-39
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    38If my land cries out against me, And the furrows of it weep together;

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    74%

    10"If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;

    11the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

    12But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

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

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    73%

    8If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.

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  • Job 31:19-21
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    72%

    19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

    20If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;

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    2 verses
    71%

    28and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.

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  • Gen 31:30
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    30Now, you want to be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"

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    70%

    3Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, 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 of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

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    13I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaks all my bones: From day even to night will you make an end of me.

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    17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

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    70%

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    70%

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    2 verses
    70%

    12Yahweh judge between me and you, and Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.

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  • Deut 28:31
    70%

    31Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.

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    70%

    17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

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    70%

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    69%

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    69%

    14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

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    69%

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    69%

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