Genesis 31:41

Contemporary English Version 1995

I had to work 14 of these 20 long years to earn your two daughters and another 6 years to buy your sheep and goats. During that time you kept changing my wages.

Cross References

Genesis 31:7

and that he keeps cheating me by changing my wages time after time. But God has protected me.

2 Corinthians 11:26

During my many travels, I have been in danger from rivers, robbers, my own people, and foreigners. My life has been in danger in cities, in deserts, at sea, and with people who only pretended to be the Lord's followers.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But God treated me with undeserved grace! He made me what I am, and his grace wasn't wasted. I worked much harder than any of the other apostles, although it was really God's grace at work and not me.

Genesis 31:38

In all the 20 years that I've worked for you, not one of your sheep or goats has had a miscarriage, and I've never eaten even one of your rams.

Genesis 27:44

and stay with him for a while. When Esau stops being angry

Genesis 29:15

Laban said to him, “You shouldn't have to work without pay, just because you are a relative of mine. What do you want me to give you?”

Genesis 31:40

I sweated every day, and I couldn't sleep at night because of the cold.

Genesis 32:4

Jacob told them to say to Esau, “Master, I am your servant! I have lived with Laban all this time,

Genesis 31:6

You know that I have worked hard for your father