Genesis 31:39

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If a wild animal killed one of your sheep or goats, I paid for it myself. In fact, you demanded the full price, whether the animal was killed during the day or at night.

Cross References

Genesis 31:38

In all the twenty 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 31:40

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

Exodus 22:31

You are my chosen people, so don't eat the meat of any of your livestock that was killed by a wild animal. Instead, feed the meat to dogs.

Exodus 22:9

Suppose two people claim to own the same ox or donkey or sheep or piece of clothing. Then the judges must decide the case, and the guilty person will pay the owner double.

Leviticus 22:8

I command you not to eat anything that is killed by a wild animal or dies a natural death. This would make you unclean.

Luke 2:8

That night in the fields near Bethlehem some shepherds were guarding their sheep.