Genesis 31:39

Bible in Basic English 1965

Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

Cross References

Genesis 31:38

These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

Genesis 31:40

This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

Exodus 22:31

You are to be holy men to me: the flesh of no animal whose death has been caused by the beasts of the field may be used for your food; it is to be given to the dogs.

Exodus 22:9

In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

Leviticus 22:8

That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

Luke 2:8

And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.