This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
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This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
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Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
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Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
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Passages linked to Genesis 31:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 2:19-22 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.” He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.” Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter. She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.
- Psalms 78:70-71 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
- Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
- Luke 2:8 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- John 21:15-17 So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
- Hebrews 13:7 Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
- 1 Peter 5:2-4 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock. When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, I slept not.
Or, I slept not.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 31:40 [Thus] I was; in the day the…
Gen 31:40 [Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Ver. 40. Thus I was; in the day, &c.] Nonresidents do none of all this, those idol, and idle shepherds: they cry out, as he, Pan curet oves, oviumque magistros; { a} being herein not only worse than this good shepherd in the text, but also than Ulysses’ swineherd, in Homer, who would not lie from his charge, {b}
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{a} Virg.
{b} Oυδε συβωτη Hνδανεν αυτοθι κοιτος υων απο κοιμηθηναι. - Odyss., xiv. 525.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Through my extraordinary thoughtfulness and care about thy cattle,…
Through my extraordinary thoughtfulness and care about thy cattle, especially in cases of danger.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Except the God of my father, the God of…
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me,.... One and the same God is meant, who was the God of his father Isaac, and before him the God of Abraham, and now the fear of Isaac, whom he feared and served with reverence and godly fear, being at this present time a worshipper of him: now Jacob suggests, that unless his father's God had been on his side, and had protected and preserved him, as well as before blessed and prospered him:
surely thou hadst sent me away now empty: coming with such force upon him, he would have stripped him of all he had, of his wives and children, and servants and cattle:
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God hath seen my affliction, and the labour of my hands; what hardships he endured in Laban's service, and what pains he took in feeding his flocks:
and rebuked thee yesternight; in a dream, charging him to say neither good nor evil to Jacob, which he himself had confessed, Gen 31:29.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 40. In the day the drought consumed me,…
Verse 40. In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night] The being exposed to the heat by day, and frost by night, is made part of the heaviest punishment of Promethus by AEschylus.
Σταθευτος δ' ἡλιου φοιβῃ φλογι,
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Χροιας αμευψεις· ασμενῳ δε σοι
Ἡ ποικιλεμων νυξ αποκρυψει φαος·
Παχνην θ' ἑῳαν ἡλιος σκεδᾳ παλιν.
AEschyl. Prom. Vinc., v. 22.
Opposed to the sun's most fervid beam,
The hue of beauty changed; till parch'd by heat
The night with spangled stole shall hide its light
From thee rejoicing, but again the sun
Chases the hoar frost from thy harass'd form.
J. B. B. C.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain in the day the drought . . . and…
in the day the drought . . . and the frost by night--The temperature changes often in twenty-four hours from the greatest extremes of heat and cold, most trying to the shepherd who has to keep watch by his flocks. Much allowance must be made for Jacob. Great and long-continued provocations ruffle the mildest and most disciplined tempers. It is difficult to "be angry and sin not" [Eph 4:26]. But these two relatives, after having given utterance to their pent-up feelings, came at length to a mutual understanding, or rather, God influenced Laban to make reconciliation with his injured nephew (Pro 16:7).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 40. Drought… frost — Comp. Psa_121:6; Jer_36:30. The extremes…
40. Drought… frost — Comp. Psa_121:6; Jer_36:30. The extremes of heat and cold between day and night in the East are evidenced by all travellers.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 40. drought … frost] The extremes of midday heat…
40. drought … frost] The extremes of midday heat and midnight frost. For the variations of temperature, cf. Jer_36:30.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (40) The frost by night.—From September to May the…
(40) The frost by night.—From September to May the nights in the East are usually cold, and the change from great heat by day to a freezing temperature as soon as the sun sets is very trying to health.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 31:40 Jacob, who preferred domestic life (25:27), had for…
31:40 Jacob, who preferred domestic life (25:27), had for twenty years endured the rigors of the outdoors that Esau had loved.
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