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Genesis 31:41

in Genesis 31

Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

KJV

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

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This verse in Genesis 31

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 41.) And you changed my reward to ten lambs. The same mistake as above: The word 'numerus' should be read instead of 'agnis'.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was unreasonable for him to make Jacob serve for his daughters, when he had in reversion so great an estate secured to him by the promise of God himself; as it was also to give him his daughters without portions, when it was in the power of his hands to do well for them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Twenty years - See the remarks at the end, Gen 31:55 (note).

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • זֶה־this

    zeh-H2088 →1180 times

  • לִּ֞י[belonged] to <the> me

    li

  • עֶשְׂרִ֣יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • שָׁנָה֮year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • בְּבֵיתֶךָ֒in household your

    beveitekhaH1004 →2046 times

  • עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָI served you

    ʾavadtikhaH5647 →288 times

  • אַרְבַּֽע־four-

    ʾarba'-H702 →318 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֤הteen

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • בִּשְׁתֵּ֣יfor [the] two

    bishteiH8147 →768 times

  • בְנֹתֶ֔יךָdaughters your

    venoteikhaH1323 →588 times

  • וְשֵׁ֥שׁand six

    vesheshH8337 →216 times

  • שָׁנִ֖יםyears

    shanimH8141 →877 times

  • בְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָfor flock[s] your

    betzonekhaH6629 →274 times

  • וַתַּחֲלֵ֥ףand you changed

    vatachalefH2498 →28 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יwage[s] my

    maskurtiH4909 →4 times

  • עֲשֶׂ֥רֶתten

    ʾaseretH6235 →176 times

  • מֹנִֽים׃times

    monimH4489 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 29:30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.6 worksGenesis 31:7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.5 works2 Corinthians 11:26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,3 worksGenesis 30:33–40So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”3 works1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.3 worksGenesis 31:38I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.3 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 29:18–30Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”3 worksHosea 12:12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.3 worksGenesis 31:15Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.3 worksZechariah 8:23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”3 worksGenesis 34:12Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”2 worksGenesis 29:21Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”2 worksGenesis 27:44Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—2 worksHosea 3:2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.2 worksNehemiah 4:12At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”2 worksNumbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…

    it leads to

    • Philippians 4:13

      I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

    • 2 Corinthians 3:5

      Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

    • Philippians 2:13

      For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

    • Ephesians 3:7–8

      I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

    • Ephesians 2:7–8

      in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

  • Through

    2 Corinthians 11:26

    In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger…

    it leads to

    • Acts 14:5

      But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,

    • Acts 25:3

      to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

  • Through

    Genesis 31:7

    And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 14:22

      not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 31 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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