Genesis 31:6

6 You both know that I have worked for your father with all my strength.

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 word to Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where his flocks were.

5 He said to them, "I have noticed that your father is not as friendly toward me as he used to be; but my father's God has been with me.

6 You both know that I have worked for your father with all my strength.

7 Yet he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not let him harm me.

8 Whenever Laban said, "The speckled goats shall be your wages,' all the flocks produced speckled young. When he said, "The striped goats shall be your wages,' all the flocks produced striped young.