39 [a]Whatsoever was torn of beasts, I brought it not unto thee, but made it good myself: (A)of mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stolen by day, or stolen by night.

40 I was in the day consumed with heat, and with frost in the night, and my [b]sleep departed from mine eyes.

41 Thus have I been twenty years in thine house, and served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy sheep, and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:39 Hebrew, the torn, or taken by prey.
  2. Genesis 31:40 Or, I slept not.

39 I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen(A) by day or night.(B) 40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.(C) 41 It was like this for the twenty years(D) I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters(E) and six years for your flocks,(F) and you changed my wages(G) ten times.(H)

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