"[Thus] I was: by daythe heatconsumedme and the frostby night,and my sleepfledfrom my eyes.
"That which was torn[of beasts] I did not bringto you; I borethe lossof it myself.You requiredit of my hand[whether] stolenby dayor stolenby night.
"ThesetwentyyearsI have been in your house;I servedyou fourteenyearsfor your twodaughtersand sixyearsfor your flock,and you changedmy wagestentimes.
Now Moseswas pasturingthe flockof Jethrohis father-in-law,the priestof Midian;and he ledthe flockto the westsideof the wildernessand cameto Horeb,the mountainof God.
She sensesthat her gainis good;Her lampdoes not goout at night.
Now Jacobfledto the landof Aram,And Israelworkedfor a wife,And for a wifehe kept[sheep].
"I calledfor a droughton the land,on the mountains,on the grain,on the newwine,on the oil,on whatthe groundproduces,on men,on cattle,and on allthe laborof your hands."
In the sameregionthere were [some] shepherdsstaying out in the fieldsand keepingwatchovertheir flockby night.
"He ledyou through the greatand terriblewilderness,[with its] fieryserpentsand scorpionsand thirstygroundwheretherewas nowater;He broughtwaterfor you out of the rockof flint.
Rememberthosewho ledyou, whospokethe wordof Godto you; and consideringthe resultof their conduct,imitatetheir faith.
