KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 31:39 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| 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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| “That which was torn” | טְרֵפָה֙ | Prey, i.e., flocks devoured by animals | torn |
| “of beasts” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “I brought” | הֵבֵ֣אתִי | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | brought |
| “not” | לֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “unto” | אֵלֶ֔יךָ | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “thee; I” | אָֽנֹכִ֣י | I | thee I |
| “bare the loss” | אֲחַטֶּ֔נָּה | Properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn | bare loss |
| “of it; of my hand” | מִיָּדִ֖י | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hand |
| “didst thou require” | תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּה | To search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after | didst require |
| “it, stolen” | גְּנֻֽבְתִ֣י | To thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive | stolen |
| “whether” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “by day,” | י֔וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “or stolen” | וּגְנֻֽבְתִ֖י | To thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive | stolen |
| “by night.” | לָֽיְלָה׃ | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
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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.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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