Genesis 31:6

6 And ye know that with all my strength I have served 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 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his sheep

5 and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

6 And ye know that with all my strength I have served your father.

7 And your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the sheep bore speckled; and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then all the sheep bore ringstraked.