Genesis 31:6

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

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 Jacob had Rachel and Leah called to the field [where] his flocks were.

5 He said to them, "I can see from your father's face that his attitude toward me is not the same, but the God of my father has been with me.

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

7 and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.

8 If he said, 'The spotted sheep will be your wages,' then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, 'The streaked sheep will be your wages,' then all the sheep were born streaked.