Genesis 31:7
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| Overview - Genesis 31 | |
| 1 | Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly. |
| 19 | Rachel steals her father's images. |
| 22 | Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong. |
| 34 | Rachel's stratagem to hide the images. |
| 36 | Jacob's complaint of Laban. |
| 43 | The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. |
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Genesis 31:7 (King James Version)
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
- ten times
- The Hebrew, {asereth monim,} is literally, as Aquila renders, "ten numbers;" and Symmachus, "ten times in number;" which
- probably implies an indefinite number: see ver 41.
- Leviticus 26:26 ; Numbers 14:22 ; Nehemiah 4:12 ; Job 19:8 ; Isaiah 4:1 ; Zechariah 8:23
- God
- 29 ; 20:6 Job 1:10 ; Psalms 37:28 ; Psalms 105:14 Psalms 105:15 Isaiah 54:17