Genesis 31:6

6 You know that I've worked for your father as hard as I could.

Genesis 31:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:6

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.

Genesis 31:6 In-Context

4 So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah and summoned them into the field where his flock was.

5 He said to them, "I am aware that your father no longer likes me as much as he used to. But my father's God has been with me.

6 You know that I've worked for your father as hard as I could.

7 But your father cheated me and changed my payment ten times. Yet God didn't let him harm me.

8 If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your payment,' the whole flock gave birth to speckled young. And if he said, ‘The striped ones will be your payment,' the whole flock gave birth to striped young.