Genesis 31:38 · KJV
“This twenty years {have} I {been} with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.”
— Genesis 31:38
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set {it} here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. {searched: Heb. felt}
That which was torn {of beasts} I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, {whether} stolen by day, or stolen by night.
Genesis 31 — Context
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What {is} my trespass? what {is} my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set {it} here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. {searched: Heb. felt}
38This twenty years {have} I {been} with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39That which was torn {of beasts} I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, {whether} stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40{Thus} I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed {shall be} the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Genesis 30:30
For {it was} little which thou hadst before I {came}, and it is {now} increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? {increased: Heb. broken forth} {since...: Heb. at my foot}
Ezekiel 34:2-4
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe {be} to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, {tarry: for} I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Exodus 23:26
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.