Genesis 31:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 31:7

5 and said to them, ^a“I see your father’s countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father ^bhas been with me.

6 And ^ayou know that with all my might I have served your father.

7 Yet your father has deceived me and ^achanged my wages ^bten times, but God ^cdid not allow him to hurt me.

8 If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: ^a‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked.

9 So God has ^ataken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

10 “And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.

11 Then ^athe Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’

12 And He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for ^aI have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

13 I am the God of Bethel, ^awhere you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now ^barise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’ ”

14 Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, ^a“Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Verse Comparison: Genesis 31:7

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American Standard Version
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Amplified® Bible
But your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

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

Darby English Version
And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Good News Bible
Yet he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not let him harm me.

King James Version
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

New American Standard Bible
"Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to hurt me.

New International Version
yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

New King James Version
Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to hurt me.

Revised Standard Version
yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me.

Young's Literal Translation
and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

New English Translation
but your father has humiliated¹ me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

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