Genesis 31:39

That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

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WEBBE

That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

BSB

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

KJV

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

ASV

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

BBE

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.

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טְרֵפָה te·re·fah a torn animal H2966 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 הֵבֵאתִי he·ve·ti I brought H935 אֵלֶיךָ 'e·lei·kha to you H413 אָנֹכִי 'a·no·khi I H595 אֲחַטֶּנָּה 'a·chat·te·nah I bore [the] loss of it H2398 מִיָּדִי mi·ya·di from hand my H3027 תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה te·vak·she·nah you sought it H1245 גְּנֻבְתִי ge·nuv·ti [one] stolen of H1589 יוֹם yom day H3117 וּגְנֻבְתִי u·ge·nuv·ti and [one] stolen of H1589 לָיְלָה la·ye·lah night H3915

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 36–42

If Jacob were willingly consumed with heat in the day, and frost by night, to become the son-in-law of Laban, what should we refuse to endure, to become the sons of God? Jacob speaks of God as the God of his father; he thought himself unworthy to be regarded, but was beloved for his father's sake. He calls him the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac; for Abraham was dead, and gone to that world where perfect love casts out fear; but Isaac was yet alive, sanctifying the Lord in his heart, as his fear and his dread.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.