GENESIS 31:40

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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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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Genesis 31:40 Translation & Meaning

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Thus (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
I was; הָיִ֧יתִי To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) I was
in the day בַיּ֛וֹם 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
the drought חֹ֖רֶב Drought or desolation drought
consumed אֲכָלַ֥נִי To eat (literally or figuratively) consumed
me, and the frost וְקֶ֣רַח Ice (as if bald, i.e., smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal frost
by night; בַּלָּ֑יְלָה Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity night
and my sleep שְׁנָתִ֖י Sleep sleep
departed וַתִּדַּ֥ד Properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away departed
from mine eyes. מֵֽעֵינָֽי׃ An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) eyes

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  • 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.

  • 42  Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.




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