KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 31:38 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “This” | זֶה֩ | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | This |
| “twenty” | עֶשְׂרִ֨ים | Twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth | twenty |
| “years” | שָׁנָ֤ה | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
| “have” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “I” | אָֽנֹכִי֙ | I | I |
| “been” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “with” | עִמָּ֔ךְ | Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) | with |
| “thee; thy ewes” | רְחֵלֶ֥יךָ | A ewe [the females being the predominant element of a flock] (as a good traveller) | ewes |
| “and thy she goats” | וְעִזֶּ֖יךָ | A she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair) | goats |
| “have not” | לֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “cast their young,” | שִׁכֵּ֑לוּ | Properly, to miscarry, i.e., suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively) | cast young |
| “and the rams” | וְאֵילֵ֥י | Properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a ram (from his strength) | rams |
| “of thy flock” | צֹֽאנְךָ֖ | A collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) | flock |
| “have I not” | לֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “eaten.” | אָכָֽלְתִּי׃ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eaten |
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36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 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.
40 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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