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Genesis 31:6

Listen to Genesis 31:6
6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,

Genesis 31:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
English Standard Version (ESV)
6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength,
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 You know how hard I have worked for your father,
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 You know how hard I've worked for your father.
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 And ye know that will all my power I have served your father.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 You know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 You know that I've worked hard for your father
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 You know that I've worked for your father with all of 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.

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Genesis 31:6 In-Context

4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were.
5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.
6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,
7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.
8 If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked young.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Genesis 30:29
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