Genesis 31:6
in Genesis 31You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
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ASV
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
KJV
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
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This verse in Genesis 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
called Rachel and Leah to the field
on Genesis 31:4-6
Jacob calls Rachel and Leah out to the field where his flocks were. Clarke reads the meeting place as deliberate, away from the ears of Laban's household. He tells them their father's attitude toward him has changed, and the God of his father has been with him all the same.
This site's exposition
I have served your father with all my strength
Served is the Hebrew avad, the verb of the bargain at 29:18 and of every year that followed. Jacob told Laban the same at 30:29. The oracle at 25:23 said the older would serve the younger, and the younger has served twenty years.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And ye know, that with all my power I have served your father. With all faithfulness and uprightness; with all diligence and industry; with all wisdom and prudence; with all my might and main, contriving the best methods, and sparing no pains by day or night to take care of his flocks, and increase his substance: of this his wives had been witnesses for twenty years past, and to them he appeals for the truth of it; so that there was no just reason for their father's behaviour towards him.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתֵּ֖נָה | veatenah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| יְדַעְתֶּ֑ן | yeda'ten | you know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּ֚י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כֹּחִ֔י | kochi | strength my | H3581 → | 126 times |
| עָבַ֖דְתִּי | ʾavadti | I have served | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲבִיכֶֽן׃ | ʾavikhen | father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
וְאַתֵּ֖נָהand you
veatenahH859 →1094 times
יְדַעְתֶּ֑ןyou know
yeda'tenH3045 →945 times
כִּ֚יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
כֹּחִ֔יstrength my
kochiH3581 →126 times
עָבַ֖דְתִּיI have served
ʾavadtiH5647 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲבִיכֶֽן׃father your
ʾavikhenH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
Genesis 30:29Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
it leads to
- Genesis 31:38–40
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
- 1 Peter 2:18
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
- Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
- Genesis 30:5
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
- Ephesians 6:5–8
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
- Genesis 31:38–40
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.