Study it in the app“So my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when you come to look over my wages before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, or dark among the lambs, if it is with me, will be counted as stolen.””
So my righteousnessוְ צִדְקָתִיwill answerעָנְתָהfor meבִּיin timeבְּיוֹםto come,מָחָרwhen you comeכִּי תָבוֹאto look overעַלmy wagesשְׂכָרִיbefore you:לְפָנֶיךָevery oneכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרis notאֵינֶנּוּspeckledנָקֹדand spottedוְטָלוּאamong the goats,בָּעִזִּיםor darkוְחוּםamong the lambs,בַּכְּשָׂבִיםif it is with me,אִתִּיwill be counted as stolen.”גָּנוּב הוּא
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkati” appearstestify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “anta” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yom” appearsfuture
Later on, in time to come, when children ask.
Where else “machar” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearswages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sechari” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsspeckled
Speckled, with small spots.
Where else “nakod” appearsspotted
Having spots or dots of another color on skin or coat, like some sheep and goats.
Where else “talu” appearsgoat
The female of the goat flock, used for milk and hair.
Where else “izim” appearsdark, black
Dark in color, black or brown.
Where else “chum” appearslamb
Lamb, young sheep.
Where else “kesavim” appearssteal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “ganuv” appears32Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there every animal speckled and spotted, and every dark animal among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such will be my wages.
33 · This verse (above)
34Laban said, “Very well; let it be according to your word.”
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?
