Genesis 31:41

New Living Translation

Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

Cross References

Genesis 27:44

Stay there with him until your brother cools off.

Genesis 29:15

Laban said to him, “You shouldn’t work for me without pay just because we are relatives. Tell me how much your wages should be.”

Genesis 30:28

Tell me how much I owe you. Whatever it is, I’ll pay it.”

Genesis 31:38

“For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those years I never used a single ram of yours for food.

Genesis 31:40

“I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

Genesis 31:6

You know how hard I have worked for your father,

Genesis 31:7

but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.

Genesis 32:4

He told them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob. Until now I have been living with Uncle Laban,

1 Corinthians 15:10

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have traveled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not.