Genesis Chapter 31 verse 41 Holy Bible
These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.
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I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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These twenty years have I been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
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`This `is' to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(41) Thus have I been . . . --Heb., This for me twenty years in thy house, but taken in connection with the preceding this, in Genesis 31:38, the meaning is "During the one twenty years that I was with thee, thy ewes, &c.," upon which follows "During the other twenty years that were for me in thy house, I served thee, &c." (See Note on Genesis 29:27, and Excursus on the Chronology of Jacob's Life.)Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThusזֶה־ (zeh-)Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thatfor twentyעֶשְׂרִ֣ים (‘eś·rîm)Number - common pluralStrong's 6242: Twenty, twentiethyearsשָׁנָה֮ (šā·nāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8141: A yearI have servedעֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ (‘ă·ḇaḏ·tî·ḵā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singularStrong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslavein your household—בְּבֵיתֶךָ֒ (bə·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1004: A housefourteenאַרְבַּֽע־ (’ar·ba‘-)Number - feminine singularStrong's 702: Fouryearsשָׁנָה֙ (šā·nāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8141: A yearfor your twoבִּשְׁתֵּ֣י (biš·tê)Preposition-b | Number - fdcStrong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)daughtersבְנֹתֶ֔יךָ (ḇə·nō·ṯe·ḵā)Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1323: A daughterand sixוְשֵׁ֥שׁ (wə·šêš)Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular constructStrong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)yearsשָׁנִ֖ים (šā·nîm)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 8141: A yearfor your flocks—בְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָ (bə·ṣō·ne·ḵā)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flockand you have changedוַתַּחֲלֵ֥ף (wat·ta·ḥă·lêp̄)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 2498: To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, changemy wagesמַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י (maś·kur·tî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 4909: Wages, a rewardtenעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (‘ă·śe·reṯ)Number - masculine singular constructStrong's 6235: Tentimes!מֹנִֽים׃ (mō·nîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 4489: Something weighed out, a portion of time, an instanceJump to PreviousCattle Changed Changest Daughters Flock Flocks Fourteen Hire House Household Kept Payment Servant Served Six Ten Times Twenty Wages Worked
