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Genesis 31:41

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!

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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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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
זֶה־zeh-thisH2088 →
לִּ֞יli[belonged] to <the> me
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.RimtwentyH6242 →
שָׁנָה֮sha.Nahyear[s]H8141 →
בְּבֵיתֶךָ֒be.vei.te.Khain household yourH1004 →
עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ'a.vad.Ti.khaI served youH5647 →
אַרְבַּֽע־'ar.ba'-four-H702 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה'es.RehteenH6240 →
שָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]H8141 →
בִּשְׁתֵּ֣יbish.Teifor [the] twoH8147 →
בְנֹתֶ֔יךָve.no.Tei.khadaughters yourH1323 →
וְשֵׁ֥שׁve.Sheshand sixH8337 →
שָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimyearsH8141 →
בְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָbe.tzo.Ne.khafor flock[s] yourH6629 →
וַתַּחֲלֵ֥ףva.ta.cha.Lefand you changedH2498 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יmas.kur.Tiwage[s] myH4909 →
עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת'a.Se.rettenH6235 →
מֹנִֽים׃mo.NimtimesH4489 →

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Genesis 29:30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.Genesis 31:7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.2 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,Genesis 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.”1 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.Genesis 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.Genesis 29:18–30Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”Genesis 29:18Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.Genesis 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.Zechariah 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.’”Genesis 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!”Genesis 29:21Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”Genesis 27:44Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—Hosea 3:2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.Nehemiah 4:12At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”Numbers 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—

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