Study it in the app“These twenty years I have had in your house: I served you fourteen years for the two of your daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.”
Theseזֶהtwenty yearsעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָהI have hadלִּיin your house:בְּבֵיתֶךָI served youעֲבַדְתִּיךָfourteenאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵהyearsשָׁנָהfor the twoבִּשְׁתֵּיof your daughtersבְנֹתֶיךָand sixוְשֵׁשׁyearsשָׁנִיםfor your flock,בְּצֹאנֶךָand you changedוַתַּחֲלֵףmy wagesאֶת מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּיtenעֲשֶׂרֶתtimes.מֹנִים
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vete” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “avadti” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arba” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tsone” appearschange
To swap something, or regain one's strength.
Where else “tachalef” appearswages
Wages, pay.
Where else “maskurti” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appearstime
Time, occasion: "ten times". It occurs only in Genesis 31.
Where else “monim” appears40This is how I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
41 · This verse (above)
42Had not the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. Elohim has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and he rebuked you last night.”
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?
